CloneZilla : Restore Disk Image to Smaller Disk Size

CloneZilla restoring a "Disk Image" that are captured in larger disk size capacity to a smaller disk size must be done via another procedures.

Example : The original disk image captured size is a HDD 500GB capacity, the Destination/Target is a SSD 256GB.

You need to ensure that the captured disk albeit is 500GB, but the total usage doesn't exceed 256GB after partitioning, then the restore will be successful.

As usual, boot-up CloneZilla accordingly and follow below instructions accordingly :-

1. Select --> Device-Image

2. Select --> Local-Device

3. Select --> [The external drive that contains the captured image]

4. Select --> [Mount folder, if any]

5. Select --> Expert Mode

6. Select --> Restore-Partition

7. Select --> [Disk Image Name]

8. Select --> [All Partitions available in the Image]

9. Ignore the error message displayed, Press --> [ENTER]

10. In Advanced Page, Select --> -icds (skip checking destination disk size before creating partition table)

11. Select --> Create Partition table proportionally

12. Select --> Skip Checking image before restoring

13. Select --> Shutdown

14. Just press --> [ENTER] to all prompted messages

15. Continue to by Pressing --> [Y] to all prompted messages

Upon completion, CloneZilla will auto shutdown the computer, proceed to unplug all external devices and continue to power-on the computer. Windows wizard will automatically setup the computer with OOBE (depending on your captured image).

!!! HAPPY COMPUTING !!!