Magoshare, I've tried that, but the registration code is still not working. I've used several apps from GOTD before and yours is the ONLY ONE that I've not been able to register.

Hi, make sure you enter the right code. Then restart your computer and try again, if your network has blocked port, you can try other network or mobile phone network. Don’t worry. We will extend the activation period till the end of 2020-2-4.

Charles ,
Hi, make sure you enter the right code. Then restart your computer and try again, if your network has blocked port, you can try other network or mobile phone network. Don’t worry. We will extend the activation period till the end of 2020-2-4.

alan, Hi, make sure you enter the right code. Then restart your computer and try again, if your network has blocked port, you can try other network or mobile phone network. Don’t worry. We will extend the activation period till the end of 2020-2-4.

Paul Silvan, Same here. Uninstalled.

Matt,

Thanks for commenting. Same problem here! The activation screen just shows the "blue circle of death" forever, then FAILS. Who would BUY software from a company that cannot get their own activation right?!?!?

Matt, Hi, make sure you enter the right code. Then restart your computer and try again, if your network has blocked port, you can try other network or mobile phone network. Don’t worry. We will extend the activation period till the end of 2020-2-4.

Magoshare, Thanks for your response. But sadly even plugging my computer directly into the modem (without a router), I'm still getting a failed install message. Thanks for including your software on GOTD, but at this time I feel like I've done everything I can to get this up and running.

TK, Just installed it following the readme.txt and then restarted the Win10. It did NOT boot then and entered its own repairmode after a while, with no success. Manually I then entered advanced recovery mode and asked it to use one of my system restore points, of which I make several times a month. The recovery told me there was no restore points saved....

Then I restored the system from the recovery mode. While saving all my data it of course blew all my installed software.

I dont know what You can get out of that?

Is it possible that the few still active braincells of Yours, is in constant bluescreen mode bob?

me, If you have installed old versions on your PC, you don't need to activate it again. The software will be automatically activated after installing...

Raphael, where do you enter the new key? I can't find where to enter the key.

me, Hi, make sure you enter the right code. Then restart your computer and try again, if your network has blocked port, you can try other network or mobile phone network. Don’t worry. We will extend the activation period till the end of 2020-2-4.

JardaH, that's the message I get too. Doesn't inspire much confidence in the software when it refers to a version of Windows that doesn't even exist...

I meant Clonezilla.

wynford, Same here. Failed to open partition or disk. Anyone else loving this as much as me?

maxdev, Hi, make sure you enter the right code. Then restart your computer and try again, if your network has blocked port, you can try other network or mobile phone network. Don’t worry. We will extend the activation period till the end of 2020-2-4.

Magoshare, installed many, many software in the past all successfully. The registration key was both copy and pasted, as well as typed in - all to no avail.

Fix the registration process or give us a new set of activation codes.

Dave,

Windows 10 64 bit

Dave, Useful information! It can be problematic creating a clone of a larger drive on a smaller one. I did it once with Macrium, but it required doing a net search to learn how, as the free version doesn't include tech support, and I couldn't find what I needed in the help file. I did manage it, though.

Another way of doing it is to use a partition manager to resize the existing so that it will fit on the new drive. But having a program that will do this for you automagically is a good find, and I'm happy to hear that it worked for you.

I would think that all your program registrations would be unaffected, since there should be no changes other than the size of the partition they live on. Good luck!

"if problems happen , stick in clone and up and running - then clone this one back to Org. SSD that OS had problems"

The difference between a disk/partition image backup & a cloned drive is that the cloned drive takes up more storage space. It's also recommended &/or standard practice to store more than one copy of a disk/partition image backup, in case whatever you've got the backup stored on fails. That's easier & more practical with backups rather than clones. Third, you don't need to swap drives to restore a backup, which is important when the device doesn't allow easily swapping drives.

"Do not know if I clone to Org. SSD from back up if all programs will still be reg."

Probably most, but not necessarily all. Hard drives have 2 serial numbers, with one you cannot change -- some software, including Windows, will detect a move to a different drive, even though the same device is used with both.

James Wilson, I normally stay out of these things where a competing product is recommended over the daily freebie, but I'm in complete agreement with your comments about Macrium Reflect. Kudos to you for using the paid version -- they deserve to make some $!

It's a time-tested, reliable tool that is under current and continual development, with frequent updates to assure its utility. And even the free version has enough features to backup, restore and clone drives, as well as to add a recovery option to Windows boot menu and create a recovery DVD that can be used to restore a Windows system in the event of a totally dead system drive.

Armed with this and a recent image file, one is able to recover from total disc failure without having to reinstall everything from scratch.

James Wilson, I'm going to give this a try. After using Win 10's backup and other 3rd party software, I have to use a product that bypasses VSS (Windows shadow copy) since mine doesn't work. I've spent a lot of hours with Microsoft and reinstalled a few times and still can't get anything like Macrium to work. Hopefully, this solution will do it.

Keith Hamm,

Boot to a USB stick that you create in an app like Macrium Reflect, or a Windows To Go drive, and backup to an external or 2nd internal drive, since the only backup &/or cloning apps I'm aware of that can skip using VSS is *Old* versions of Paragon Backup & Recovery.

Chuck B,
Thanks, Chuck and I agree, not always the best to chime in but seeing the massive negative comment influx and how badly this software is working (or failing to work more so) I thought it nest to make a suggestion on something I have used for more than a decade with practically no issues. I decided to schedule things and it was one time rather than a subscription so it was well worth it. It offers so much even in the free version but the program is so good it definitely deserves a recommendation. Backupper and CloneZilla are great, Acronis can be okay but problematic, Macrium is the only one that has been rock solid though I am sure it can have problems like anything else.

Keith Hamm,
It makes no sense why you'd have issues AFTER a clean and proper installation. Acronis offers a free program that might help though I have never tried or needed it.
"Acronis VSS Doctor
Free tool for diagnosing and repairing
Volume Shadow Copy Service issues"
I'd hazard a guess it relates to something you commonly install that interferes with the service as that to me makes the most sense without knowing anything detailed about the issue.

You can almost certainly use Macrium (or whatever you prefer) in a bootable capacity and not run into these problems, worth considering perhaps.

Anyway, hope you get things sorted and find something that works for you!

Reflect is so S L O W.

AnAceBuyer, I have used the free version of Macrim and it has served me well. I have used it to clone smaller SSD drives to larger ones and it works quite well. Not sure if I want to give some unknown the chance.

AnAceBuyer,
I use and suggest free to many people but I schedule my backups and for such a great program it was worth the one time cost. Tons of free (and paid) options but for over a decade Macrium has always been the most reliable for me.

Morgan Pierce,
Not in my experience and as my other comments mentioned it has been my goto for over a decade and I have tried MANY other options in that time. Macrium is one of the faster and best I have found. I really came here as I always do to check the daily offering but all software like this interests me yet none free or paid has ever beaten Macrium for me and for the longest time Macrium was easily the fastest of all the most popular and commonly suggested though I haven't done any comparisons in years in relation to speed. I just know it is quick, earlier today I reloaded a system for someone with the little number of files they had and was able to create an image for them so in the future, I can simply restore rather than reload their system and it took just over 5 minutes, to me that is plenty fast enough and it wasn't really a higher-end machine. It might be related to the hardware you are using, if an external drive then check to be sure you use the faster ports, USB3.0/3.1 vs USB2.0 for example. Plenty of other possible factors but speed was one of the main reasons I chose to use Macrium initially and plenty of other reasons were why I never stopped.

James Wilson, thanks James for your comment. I wish I had some video to show you. Maybe fixed now --- maybe my hardware as I was backing up to a Synology NAS but I think local drive was slow also. I am staying with AOMEI.

JonnyJ, How did you do the install to a pen drive? Seems like a good idea!

Keith Hamm, Just copy the executable out of the .zip file you downloaded, along with the Readme (as it contains the Key you'll need) onto the USB device you want to use.
When it comes to running the .exe file to install, make it run from a (new) directory on your USB (without creating icons on your desktop or in the Start menu) and it'll do what it needs to.
When it's finished installation, enter the Key from the Readme and you're done!

JonnyJ,

You MAY want to try running that on another PC. Odds are it installed something into your registry as well as into common folders on your PC that it needs in order to run properly. It may run fine on the PC you used for the install, but will most likely not run from any others.

Kjell Gustafsson, See my comments below!

BCE,

Wow, I was going to install this as a program I will need for future needs. This has changed my mind.

BCE, Update: I was able to get into the pre boot up mode hitting "esc" repeatedly and also F11 & F4. I was trying to get into safe mode to remove the program but it wasn't letting me. But I clicked on another repair link and it did repair it and booted into Windows. When Windows came up the folder with the contents of the download file for this was on the desktop and the install program was also on the desktop. When I went into the Control Panel to remove it, it wasn't there and also was no longer on the Start Menu. But the folder in the Program Files (x86) folder and its contents are still there. I need to remove those. Also didn't find any leftover bits in the Windows Registry. So that's good. I get my TV through a Hulu feed so thankfully was able to watch the Superbowl with my friends I had invited over. Here's a link for solutions to fix the "Preparing Automatic Repair" loop. https://www.easeus.com/resource/fix-windows-automatic-repair-loop.html

With others here. https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=pFIzXvTmOajE0PEP3oCu2AE&q=preparing+automatic+repair&oq=Preparing&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.1.3.0i131j0l7.5003.8723..13004...0.0..0.183.946.0j6......0....1.......0..46i131j46j46i131i275.Jc-kN9GdBro

Hope this is helpful. May start setting a system restore point before installing any of this software.

Brian,
Nothing, as far as I know.
Everything you clone to another HDD/SSD, should still be on your HDD/SSD you clone from. If any doubt, BackUp your HDD/SSD b4 you start.

Brian,
Could you not go to BIOS settings and select external drive as the boot source and then copy the files over to another SSD/HDD?

Brian, a clone is, technically, is intended to be a replacement drive that's physically installed into the machine and used to replace the one from which it's cloned. The clone is set up with the proper information to boot the machine and load the O/S. (That's the simple scenario -- others are valid, as well.)

What you're describing is more like a system image backup, which has similarities, but are typically used in a different manner. Specifically, system images are often used with recovery software that loads the saved image to a disk that has been corrupted or failed and has been replaced.

This freebie seems to concentrate on cloning an existing, working drive, either for purposes of having a 'spare' or moving the system and programs to a different physical disk.

"If my computer does crash and I have cloned my SSD to my External hard drive then what program am I going to use to transfer the contents from my External HD back to my SSD?"

That's why you'd use a disk/partition image backup app that lets you create a bootable USB stick just for that scenario.

"Could you not go to BIOS settings and select external drive as the boot source and then copy the files over to another SSD/HDD?"

*Maybe*... the boot files may or may not work on a drive connected via USB -- the odds that it won't work seem greater with the latest version of win10. The boot files on a bootable USB stick created with an app like Macrium Reflect OTOH are designed to work on USB.

Jermie,
Yes, it is a lifetime license, but not support reinstallation and update after giveaway

ChrisH,

Perhaps it was incorrectly identified that there was a temporary executable dropped in %temp% folder.
Only two specific AV software is incorrectly detected.
It tells that other software doesn't detect it even though it is an so old setup file.

ChrisH, thaks, Chris.

First, I apologize for my poor English.

Windows 10 used for about 20 months.
(Of course, I took a complete snapshot for recovery, with other cloning software)

Installation and activation are now completed without any problems, PST9.
AweClone seems to use Windows VSS.
Most of disk I/O while cloning was concentrated on NTOSKRNL.
After replacing the disk after cloning, it started up the same way.

Simple disk and partition cloning software.
There is no function such as differential backup or recovery.
It is a good impression that there is no “I/O and resource eater” service like Acronis or Macrium, and it is a standalone operation.

I think it is a very easy software for beginners if it can be used only for disk migration.
If you want to do something fancy, other software may be a good choice.

Magoshare,
Did your software encrypt my laptop drive?
Why does it not mentioned that your software does that in the software description?
If your software encrypted my laptop and now, after restart, my laptop does not starting and any fix i try ask for a bitlocker key, this key is in your hand as you are the ones who encrypted my laptop. I want to have it!
If you don't support fixing what your software did to my laptop, you'll suffer the consequences. Now help me fix what you did to my laptop.

Eddie,
So sorry that, for now, no bootable version available...

Magoshare, please do add that feature.