[Sarah]

I bought hd clone 4 basic because I often need to downsize my drive. However, I cant seem to find the right options to get windows to boot. I choose automatically make adjustments when I start the clone and also when I finish the clone. But when i try to boot up the cloned drive, Windows is caught in a continual reboot. I am new to this software and any help would be appreciated.

[Alex]

In theory, if you select "Copy Disk" and use automatic resizing and at the end automatic adjustment, the copied disc should boot in the same computer just fine.

If it boots in a different computer has to do with the hardware compatibility.

If it continually reboots, can you check with the original Windows installation if the created clone has a consistent file system? Simply plug in the drive (as you did when you created the clone) and run chkdsk on it. If it doesn't bring any errors, then it's probably a different setting that is causing the trouble.

There's a tool called 'sysprep', which is included in the Windows Vista and Windows 7 installation CD, for Windows XP you need to download it from the Microsoft homepage. It will set up your current installation (prior to cloning) in such a manner that it can easily be cloned and copied.

[Sarah]

ty for the sysprep info. I have tried that out and its pretty neat, but it still does not help me in my downsizing. I recently put a new xp build on a 320 gig hd with sysprep included. I tried to copy the image on a 80 gig hd using HD CLone 4. When the pc boots up, it does a check disk and repairs a bunch of files. Then it states that there are several bad images such as winlogon.exe etc etc. I repair one, theres another behind it that needs repaired. I might as well spend 4 hours installing each program manually. I am severely disappointed in HD CLone 4 performance for downsizing:(

[Alex]

Have you already tried downloading the newest version of HDClone, 4.0.3? It might do a bit of a better job at the downsizing, especially if the differences in the disk sizes is only marginal.