Re: [Clonezilla-live] Unable to restore partition image in VirtualBox
Clonezilla does not support the conversion for MBR to GPT. Virtualbox can handle uEFI, so please check its manual. Steven On 3/26/20 12:51 AM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > Hi, > > I have taken the image of my C Drive Partition in Windows. Now I want > to restore that partition in VirtualBox. > > I am unable to do so. The image backup completed successfully and the > it seems that I am able to restore the image without any hiccups to > VirtualBox. But after restoration VBox won't boot, it does nothing. > > Now it should be said that my disk image was taken from a UEFI+GPT > system, but VirtualBox can't handle UEFI so I had to go with BIOS+MBR. > I don't know if this is causing the problem. I have created a primary > partition in VBox with Windows Repair and tried restoring the image to > that partition, but it still fails to boot. > > What can I do to get this working ? Strangely after restoring the > partition I can browse it through the Windows repair disc, all my > files are there. > > Another strange thing is that my image(C Drive) is only 164 GB in > size, I have created a 300 GB hard disk in VBox, but after the image > restoration has finished DISKPART reports 0% free space on my virtual > harddisk. How can this be ? Is there some sort of corruption ? > > I am using Clonezilla in beginner mode, should I use advanced mode if > so then what are the options I should use for that ? > > I really don't know if this is a VBox issue, or I am using Clonezilla > incorrectly or not. > > Please let me know if any other information is needed from my side. > -- > Regards, > Sreyan Chakravarty > > > ___ > Clonezilla-live mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live -- Steven Shiau Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 4096R/163E3FB0 Fingerprint: EB1D D5BF 6F88 820B BCF5 356C 8E94 C9CD 163E 3FB0 ___ Clonezilla-live mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
Re: [Clonezilla-live] Unable to restore partition image in VirtualBox
Ok so this was not a Clonezilla issue but a Windows issue. Here is how I solved it. I first installed Windows 10 in VBox, then I booted into VBox with Clonezilla and my image, then I overwrote only the Windows or C Drive, and when I booted back it, I had all my files. Hope this helps. On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:21 PM Sreyan Chakravarty wrote: > Hi, > > I have taken the image of my C Drive Partition in Windows. Now I want to > restore that partition in VirtualBox. > > I am unable to do so. The image backup completed successfully and the it > seems that I am able to restore the image without any hiccups to > VirtualBox. But after restoration VBox won't boot, it does nothing. > > Now it should be said that my disk image was taken from a UEFI+GPT system, > but VirtualBox can't handle UEFI so I had to go with BIOS+MBR. I don't know > if this is causing the problem. I have created a primary partition in VBox > with Windows Repair and tried restoring the image to that partition, but it > still fails to boot. > > What can I do to get this working ? Strangely after restoring the > partition I can browse it through the Windows repair disc, all my files are > there. > > Another strange thing is that my image(C Drive) is only 164 GB in size, I > have created a 300 GB hard disk in VBox, but after the image restoration > has finished DISKPART reports 0% free space on my virtual harddisk. How can > this be ? Is there some sort of corruption ? > > I am using Clonezilla in beginner mode, should I use advanced mode if so > then what are the options I should use for that ? > > I really don't know if this is a VBox issue, or I am using Clonezilla > incorrectly or not. > > Please let me know if any other information is needed from my side. > -- > Regards, > Sreyan Chakravarty > -- Regards, Sreyan Chakravarty ___ Clonezilla-live mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
