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Additional information and tips on using various types of devices can be found here.
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To support a wide spectrum of devices, HDClone/S implements the official interface standards for the particular device types. In addition, we perform extensive tests with each type of device. Though should you experience any issues, in most cases these can be resolved by setting the options appropriately (refer to Troubleshooting). The event that this does not solve the issues, our Support Team will be glad to help you.
The achievable speed primarily depends on the disk's capabilities, for which the following approximate classifications can be made:
| Type | Age | Transfer Rate |
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| Older disks | ~ 5-10 years | ~ 10-60 MB/sec |
| Newer disks | ~ 3-5 years | ~ 40-120 MB/sec |
| Top models | ~ 0-3 years | ~ 80-180 MB/sec or more |
| USB 2 | ~ 0-5 years | ~ 10-40 MB/sec |
| USB 3 | ~ 0-3 years | ~ 10-150 MB/sec or more |
| SSDs | ~ 0-5 years | ~ 90-300 MB/sec or more |
| PCIe SSDs | ~ 0-2 years | ~ 200-1,500 MB/sec or more |
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HDClone supports SATA, SATA-II and SATA 6G disks. We recommend setting SATA controllers in BIOS to operating modus AHCI (instead of IDE). Should the IDE mode be needed by the installed operating system, IDE can be reset after completion of the copying process.
To connect SATA devices to a running system (hot-plugging), the SATA controller has to be set to AHCI (instead of IDE) operating mode in BIOS, and the ports to be used for hot-plugging must be set to Hotplug. Alternately, SATA ports can also commonly be used for hot-plugging when they have a SATA device connected upon startup.
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A port multipler allows the connection of several SATA devices to a single SATA port, thereby sharing the transfer rate of the port. This enables the connection of more SATA disks than native SATA ports are available at one time. Disks connected over a port multiplier will be recognized and displayed automatically.
SCSI and SAS disk are supported by HDClone/W and HDClone/L as long as there is an appropriate driver. Only the following Adaptec Narrow, Wide, Ultra and Ultra-Wide SCSI controllers are supported by HDClone/S: AHA-2930U, AHA-2944UW, ASC-29160N, AHA-2940 Ultra, ASC-19160, ASC-39160, AHA-2940UW, ASC-29160, AHA-2940AU and ASC-29160LP.
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HDClone can also clone RAIDs. There are three different variants:
Cloning pure data RAIDs does not require any prior action. This also applies to cloning bootable system installations from a RAID to a normal media or to a RAID for the same type of RAID controller. Cloning bootable system installations to a RAID requires assurance that a software driver for the target RAID has been installed on the same source as a boot driver before starting with cloning.
Basically, mass storage media that are available on Windows and Linux are useable with HDClone/W and HDClone/L, this generally includes RAIDs. They present as normal disks and can be copied with HDClone. HDClone clones these RAIDs just as it would be normal drives. The special RAID substructure is hidden by Windows. Special RAID properties are therefore invisible to HDClone/W and HDClone/L.
Since 2003, Intel offers chipsets with support for software RAIDs, which we will refer to as Intel RAIDs for our purposes here. HDClone/S allows to clone from, to and between Intel RAIDs. For this purpose, RAIDs have to be connected to the internal Intel SATA controller in their original configuration. The drive list shows available RAID volumes as disks. Only complete and sound RAIDs can be used as targets.
HDClone can be used with USB devices of the USB versions 1.0/1.1 (UHCI, OHCI), 2.0 (EHCI) and 3.0/3.1 (XHCI). HDClone supports USB mass storage media (USB Mass Storage Class), USB keyboards, mice (HID) and USB hubs.
HDClone works with any Firewire drive or Firewire card reader which supports the Serial-Bus-Protocol (SBP).
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An HID-capable USB Bluetooth adapter (internal or external) is necessary in order to use Bluetooth-connected input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) with HDClone. Devices must be connected to the PC prior to using the program. The self-booting HDClone variants take care of this automatically upon starting.
The NVMe interface is used by modern SSDs and it allows high transfer rates in particular. HDClone supports NVMe disks, regardless of their structure, i.e. as M.2 or PCIe card.
The term "M.2" describes a form factor for expansion cards, yet it is oftentimes synonymous with an NVMe interface. Yet actually, SATA or USB-3 devices can be connected via M.2. Therefore, the support with M.2 cards conforms to the device interface and the HDClone edition used
Thunderbolt adapters and devices of classes supported by HDClone (for example Thunderbolt-Firewire adapter) can generally be used. They must already be connected at the time of system startup, since hot-plugging for Thunderbolt is not yet supported.
