Hello all,

could anyone please be so kind to give me a definitive confirmation that Disk Clone fast cloning also indeed properly manage a fully complete and exact copy of disk signature (for MBR disks), disk GUID, & partition GUIDs (for GPT disks) ?

I'm indeed already expecting this to happen properly, but this weird doubt came to my mind after carefully reading following sentence excerpted from page '[Solved] How to Clone a Disk to Another SSD/HDD Sector by Sector' :
"Fast cloning only copies the sectors containing data from the source disk to the destination disk, making the process very fast. In contrast, sector-by-sector cloning copies all sectors on the source disk, one by one, to the destination disk. As a result, the destination disk is an exact copy of the source disk after the successful cloning, including the disk signature for MBR disks, disk GUID, and partition GUIDs for GPT disks. If you are worried that fast cloning may cause data loss, sector-by-sector cloning is your best option."
Because of above wording it may, unfortunately, even seem that "... disk signature for MBR disks, disk GUID, and partition GUIDs for GPT disks." might just be included in the cloning process only when sector-by-sector is the chosen cloning method, "...in contrast..." with what instead fast cloning copies (since it "...only copies the sectors containing data from the source disk to the destination disk.").

P.S. I know that by asking to have such additional clarification I may a little look like I'm playing devil's advocate, but I believe that above message is not so fully crystal clear as it should instead be, and so I'd like to suggest to also add there a little clarification that might possibly avoid anyone else to have a doubt similar to the one I had.   0:-) 

Many thanks in advance for your so kind attention.

Best Regards
Rob

Hi,

Just update to version 5.6.2.0 to confirm what I am about to describe still exists in the latest version.

I made a Disk/Partition backup and selected whole disk. The disk includes partition which has volume letter D. Backup itself finishes without errors.

Next I choose restore, then select task to restore, and select the backup task I just created. I click Next. I switch to the File mode. I select root folder and set the restore to -location as C:\. The backup inclues some files with very long path and file names. Those do not restore successfully. For example:

Hi there.

Before I move on to a different backup solution, I want to see if there is a fix for this:

Error while trying to do a System backup:
The system cannot find the file specified. (0x0095007F00000002)

Latest Hasleo Backup version but, started happening with several versions back.
Happening on several PCs.
This does NOT happen with other Backup software (Macrium Reflect finishes the backup without error).

From the Hasleo Log (below), it shows the shadow files being the issue:

2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Deleting shadow copy set {4d54d302-e714-4936-80d4-d67c73cda2b4} ...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 Error while deleting shadow copies...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Last shadow copy that could not be deleted: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 ERROR: COM call L"m_pVssObject->DeleteSnapshots(snapshotSetID, VSS_OBJECT_SNAPSHOT_SET,FALSE,&lSnapshots,&idNonDeleted)" failed.
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Returned HRESULT = 0x80042308
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Error text: VSS_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND

I can see shadow copy created when backup started shows up, nothing else.
vssadmin list shadows
After backup finishes, shadow list shows empty.

Already tried VSS Repair, checkdsk /f, dism /restorehealth and sfc /scannow.


Hasleo Log:

...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\ImageMaker.cpp 630 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\FilePublic.cpp 1807 nRet=0x070E007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\IncompleteBackupHandler.cpp 172 nRet=0x070E007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\ImageWriterCluster.cpp 173 nRet=0x070E007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\DiskBackup.cpp 447 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 149 - Mark all writers as succesfully backed up...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 149 Completing the backup (BackupComplete) ...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 127 (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 127 (Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Deleting shadow copy set {4d54d302-e714-4936-80d4-d67c73cda2b4} ...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 Error while deleting shadow copies...
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Last shadow copy that could not be deleted: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 ERROR: COM call L"m_pVssObject->DeleteSnapshots(snapshotSetID, VSS_OBJECT_SNAPSHOT_SET,FALSE,&lSnapshots,&idNonDeleted)" failed.
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Returned HRESULT = 0x80042308
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C 87 - Error text: VSS_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\VolumeShadowCopy.cpp 979 nRet=0x03D2015080042308
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\VolumeShadowCopy.cpp 217 nRet=0x03D2015080042308
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\DiskBackupWrapper.cpp 422 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\DiskBackupWrapper.cpp 866 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\DiskBackupWrapper.cpp 2332 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\DiskBackupWrapper.cpp 2342 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:57 T:0000B37C .\DiskBackupWrapper.cpp 1682 nPos=100
2026-02-04 15:55:59 T:0000B37C .\BackupWorker.cpp 282 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:59 T:0000B37C .\BackupWorker.cpp 1540 nRet=0x0095007F00000002
2026-02-04 15:55:59 T:0000B37C .\WorkerPublic.cpp 1236 nRet=0x006E001600000000
2026-02-04 15:55:59 T:00008758 .\BackupWorker.cpp 1351 nRet=0x0000000000000000
2026-02-04 15:55:59 T:0000B37C .\BackupWorker.cpp main 1657 End...


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vssadmin list shadows

shadow copy created when backup started shows up, nothing else.
After backup finishes
Shadow list shows empty.

Hope this can be fixed as I like Hasleo and want to support them.
Thanks.

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Is one a subset of the other?

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I'm planning to disable BitLocker as (in this case) it's not really needed and an unencrypted disk is probably best for this individual.
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1. If I do a full disk/partition backup, I'm assuming the backup is still encrypted so a restore would still need BitLocker credentials even if the working computer has had BitLocker turned off?

2. If I mount the BitLocker version backup, BitLocker credentials would be needed to restore files/folders?

Based upon the above assumptions, I would plan a new full backup of the unencrypted drive

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Dear Hasleo Administrator,
I hope the backup file's description can be multi line , for the easy reading & muliti description. 
Like Acronis True Image  backup utility.
Thanks.    

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