dadams,

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I downloaded this program as a Trial. I installed it ok and was able to clone my Hard Drive. I switched to the cloned drive, system loaded and then crashed, Tried this several times, even made a new clone, same problem.
I decided to uninstall a couple of days ago, it started uninstall, also noticed that it was removing EZ CD DVD Audio Converter, Microsoft Office 2016 and started removing Adobe Reader before I killed the removal.
I was not able to restore Microsoft Office 2016 from my DVD. I could select the setup on the DVD, program would not run. I must have spent more than an hour cleaning up DMclone and Microsoft Office in the registry. Unable to run and reload.
Used my backuped system from an external drive to return my system to normal before I tried to uninstall.
I recommend users be very crefull, do not know what happened.

EaseUS is a more familiar name that's been around a long time -- DMclone is free today. Both are more or less a subset of disk/partition image backup apps, e.g. Macrium Reflect Free & Paid versions.

Donal, Same here. I get this message each time the software is started: Failed to open partition or disk.
There may be a work-around for this but it hardly seems worth it.

Ed , it's the same with me. And when I click to select a source disk, nothing shows on the listing page. Uninstalled.

Scudrunner, I had the same experience. Uninstalled (didn't bother reinstalling.) USELESS

"copying/cloning a partition is not the same as copying data"

Correct. Copying a partition is almost the same as cloning, but the partition tables are recreated, which is necessary for example if the NTFS tables record bad sectors [from the old drive]. That said, just copying data [files/folders] has its own limitations since that uses Windows file handling, e.g. it can take [sometimes much] longer than copying raw data as when cloning, copying, or restoring an image backup of a partition.

"Instead, when you "CLONE" an HD (or any similar support) ideally you should use a support identical to the source."

Many apps can adjust the destination partition size as needed -- otherwise use a partitioning app like AOMEI's to shrink the original partition 1st, or expand the destination partition after.

" if you are cloning a bootable HD (etc.) consider that you might face some problem..."

True, but the risk seems to depend somewhat on the version of Win10 and mainly if you're booting UEFI rather than having the BIOS set to Legacy or CSM mode. FWIW 2004/20H1 seems to have fixed many boot related problems in that regard. Regardless the BIOS boot mode [UEFI or Legacy], you cannot have the original HDD and a Clone connected to the same device [PC, laptop etc.], because the ID Windows assigns to a HDD cannot exist twice -- one of the drives will disappear. In case of problems EasyBCD often helps, while the paid version of Macrium Reflect lets you create a bootable USB stick with boot repair apps. RE: licensing -- with Win10 the license stays with the main device [PC, laptop etc.], so swapping HDDs, or even adding a 2nd copy of Win10 should activate automatically. Microsoft does limit how many hardware changes are allowed, depending on your license, so at some point swapping hard drives might cause the license to lapse.

TK, Much needed by me. I wanted to clone my 'fixed' small HDD from an acepc to a larger HDD for use on a 'proper' PC. Worked wonderfully.

Bob, Free for the day is what my comment was about.

Gary, yes, if there is enough disk space to save files on your HDD.

Donemax,

Do you know this for sure? The reason Gary is asking is that software like AOMEI Backupper will not copy from a larger hard drive to a smaller SSD with the free version. To do this, one must purchase the professional version. It is not just a question of if there is enough space on the smaller SSD, the question is will the program allow this function?

"... software like AOMEI Backupper will not copy from a larger hard drive to a smaller SSD with the free version."

In that case defrag the partition to pack all the files towards the front, shrink the partition [just eliminating some of the free space], and then go for it.

mike,

Thank you for the suggestion. But it is not a matter of making the data fit the size. It is a matter of if the function is allowed. The free version would not clone under 100 GB of data from a 1 TB HDD to a 500 GB SSD. Not because there was not enough space, that function was reserved for the paid program. Cloning less than 100 GB of data from a 500 GB HDD to the same size or larger SSD is no problem.