But it isn’t because I wasn’t running “ChkDsk” when it actually instructs you to in the software. I suppose that could be a strike against WinClone. It was Wednesday before I got it straightened out. It cloned my 25GB Windows Partition onto a new roomier 200 GB partition! No setup hassles, buy a new copy of Windows, nothing. When I ran WinClone after using ChkDsk, it worked like a charm. I rolled my eyes as I borrowed my computer from work and tried to circumvent the restrictions and access the command line. Russell insisted more or less that I run “ChkDsk” on my source drive. None of her suggestions were working, so she passed my problem up to another technician, one who I gather is more high powered named Russell. A girl from TwoCanoes named Sarah began e-mailing me the next day, and telling me to try a few different things. The company that makes WinClone is called TwoCanoes Software. So I sent an e-mail expressing regret over spending $30 on a product that doesn’t work. I didn’t realize it, thought until I was already trying to clone my drive! It gave me a warning! That was nothing, though.Īfter authenticating, it still wouldn’t work. So I finally dished out the $30.Īfter the transaction was complete, and the download, I had to activate the software with a key they e-mailed to me.
#Winclone 4 review mac osx#
Mac OSX can boot from USB!) I read forums…The name that kept coming up was WinClone.
I tried to get Windows to boot from a USB powered Drive Caddy. I tried to clone the partition with Disk Utility…Nah.
Ever the cheapskate, I considered what I perceived to be free options. I explored a few different options before arriving at WinClone. This is why I wanted that back so badly.) (My old Windows had Magic Online, Digitech GNX4 software, and Steam.
In upgrading drives, though, I lost my Windows Partition. I have been pretty happy with that so far, but it doesn’t make your computer as responsive as an iPad or anything, as sort of advertised. I opted to go for a hybrid drive, a classic hard drive with a flash drive component.
#Winclone 4 review upgrade#
Tinkering around inside my mac for hours and hours eventually afforded me the bravery to upgrade the hard drive. It disabled the battery indicator light, but I rarely used that anyway. I figured out that simply unplugging that from the motherboard was a sufficient fix. What was actually damaged in the fall was the battery sensor and indicator.
#Winclone 4 review how to#
But then I figured out how to fix the crash. This had me thinking I was going to have to buy a new model for awhile. This caused the mac not to boot correctly…It generally would crash on the login screen, and when I learned to disable the login screen, it still would crash after about 45 seconds of use. The second issue was a major physical fall that the mac took in May of 2013. I had to call Apple, and their tech helped me free of charge. The first had to do with migrating from an older mac to the newer one, and sort of messing things up. These are not generally the fault of the manufacturer. My machine has been good to me…but I have had a few incidents. (I had a slight case of buyers remorse after seeing the models that were introduced right after I made my purchase.) This is one of the last machines to offer a SuperDrive, and to not have ThunderBolt or a Retina Display. I am going to offer my experience with WinClone.