How to Copy Volume?

How to Copy Volume?

Copy files from one partition to another is easy, but when there are too many files in different folders, this simple operation may be troublesome, not to mention the situation when you can not use the copy and paste function when an error happens on hard drives.

How to copy a logical hard drive?

When you have a new drive installed to replace the old one, the function Copy Volume in Partition Expert would be a great help. To use this function we can do the followings:

1. Download, install, and Run Partition Expert and then click Yes to the UAC dialog.
2. Check the disk-map in the main window and make sure it loaded all the disks if you don't see the new disk you just plugged in, please click on the Reload button.
3. Click Copy Volume and in the next screen please choose the new hard drive or an unallocated space on it.
4. Resize the original partition if the target space is smaller than the source partition or just keep it as the same size when the target partition has bigger capacity.
5. Then Assign a new drive letter, the volume type (logical or primary).
6. Then click Finish and Commit.

Note: You can also use this function to copy the boot drive or any other primary partition, but only data is copied, you cannot boot the copied partition by doing so.

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Error Message: The volume is dirty

Sometimes when you shut down the computer by force or accident, an error message says:

An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this problem Error 0x80071AC3: The operation could not be completed because the volume is dirty. Please run chkdsk and try again.

To solve this, we have two methods: one is to use the chkdsk command, the other is to try Partition Expert’s Check Volume function

1, Use the CHKDSK command line

Run CMD.exe as administrator and type the command:

chkdsk C:

Or check the official guide before starts.

2, Try to Check Volume in Partition Expert

Check Volume will fix found errors and try to fix found bad sectors, so if the Copy Volume function won’t work, you can to check the volume with the following step:

1. Click on the target partition and click Check Volume.
2. In the dialog box, check both options and then click Commit.
3. Then Copy Volume again.

Note: Partition Expert now doesn't support copy dynamic disk to basic disk, the current version (v4.3.5).