Allocating objects
For cloning or a restoration the source and target can be linked differently. Sources are drives or disks, which are restored from an image or have been used as source while cloning.
Terminology
- Disk: A hard disks or in general a disk, which contains one or more drives.
- Area: An area on a disk. It may be empty, contain disk information (MBR, GPT, LDM) or belong to a drive.
- Drive: A partition or a volume, which is located on one or more hard disks.
Source and target may be linked in the following combinations:
| link from | to | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Source disk | Target disk |
| 2. | Source disk | Target drive |
| 3. | Source disk | Target area |
| 4. | Source drive(s) | Target disk(s) |
| 5. | Source drive | Target drive |
| 6. | Source drive | Target area(s) |
| 7. | Source area(s) | Target disk |
| 8. | Source area | Target drive |
| 9. | Source area | Target area |