Clonezilla clone to smaller drive

After lots of experimenting, here is my recipe:

• Go into clonezilla shell
  sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
  sudo sgdisk /dev/sdsource -R /dev/sddest #will just copy the partition table
• CTRL-D to get back to clonezilla
• device to device clone
• Expert
• device to local device
• Chose options:
  • -q1 sector by sector copy (might be necessary if getting error: “ntfs volume is scheduled for a check”)
  • -icds (Skip check)
  • later screen: -k NOT CREATE a partition table on destination disk
• If you get problems with the partition table being corrupt
  • gdisk /dev/sda # might have to run this from a live linux CD
  • v (verify) and then w write back fixed GPT

Useful Links:

• superuser.com/…sing-clonezilla
• www.tecmint.com/…ng-clonezilla

Notes

• Resizing Windows partitions should be done in Windows using Disk Manager
• Installing to a drive with a GPT created by Linux may not work.