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Hi all,

This is my first post to the forum - I have just registered, but have been following the posts on here since I bought my Kronos a few months ago.

I have an original Kronos 73 and have been contemplating upgrading the ram and the SSD for a while, but have not really needed to yet. However, I am currently having problems with one of the keys. It often doesn't sound at all but will occasionally sound with a high velocity response. I bought my Kronos second hand and have neither a warranty nor the set of DVDs that came with it. Therefore, I am contemplating opening the Kronos, fixing the problem key, and cloning the internal SSD to a larger one. I will then keep the original SSD as a back up of the system and leave the new SSD in the Kronos.

Sorry for that rather long introduction. I have two questions.

1) Can anyone recommend software that is capable of correctly cloning the Kronos SSD (OSX if possible, but I can use Windows 7 if not).

2) Does anyone have any experience of fixing a malfunctioning key?

I would like to say that I absolutely love the Kronos and mine has been perfect since I bought it. At the moment, I cannot help loading up the combo called "The Musical Fox" which is an incredible recreation of one of my favourite Genesis songs.

Anyway, this is a fantastic forum - there are some great people providing great contributions and I have already learned so much from following the threads on here. It is great to meet you all.

Since you want to make a copy of a Linux disk, there is always the possibility to use a live-CD or -DVD based Linux distribution like Knoppix for this purpose. Partitioning and formatting the new disk as well as copying the contents of the old disk to new one is straightforward. Creating a boot sector on the new disk is a bit more involved.

But wouldn't it be easier and more convenient to leave the Kronos SDD as is and just buy and install a larger second SSD?

The reason I want to do the cloning is to provide a backup in case of failure because I don't have the Kronos DVDs. If my SSD were to go down, there is currently nothing I can do to restore it. If I have a backup of the system disk, I am safe in such circumstances.

Thanks for the advice on the cloning. I actually have a linux box in my office, so I could clone it on that quite easily I guess. I wondered if anyone has done it and has run into any problems.

Actually, it was the boot sector I was most worried about. I was wondering if there is any raw copying software could produce an identical clone disk that would boot the Kronos.

If it's just for backup purposes, then you can use the Linux 'dd' command to clone the raw disk or to create an offline disk image in a file on a second disk.

Maybe some kind folks here in the forum would be willing to mail you copies of their installation DVDs?

CloneZilla works fine, and so does EaseUS Disk Copy Home. That's for cloning.

If you then have to expand the partition, for example, you've cloned the 30 Gb onto a 120 Gb and you want to recover the 90 Gb difference, then you can use GParted Live or EaseUS Partition Master Home.

There are commercial options, but why use them when the freeware stuff works just fine.

Dreambrother wrote:Actually, it was the boot sector I was most worried about. I was wondering if there is any raw copying software could produce an identical clone disk that would boot the Kronos.

Don't get too worried. I restored the boot partition of the Kronos (it didn't started anymore) by using Grub on an Ubuntu box.

I prefer to clone the disk with Unix instead of Mac or Windows. I've used Clonezilla or even dd.

Have a look in this thread:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... c&start=90

Mine is still working with the cloned drive.

I tried to obtain a copy of my Kronos DVDs, however, since the size of the first DVD is about 5.2 gb, I could not complete the copy process using Nero Essentials. It said I needed a DVD R or DVD RAM for this, not a DVD-R, which can hold only 4.7 gb. If you plan to make a backup or copy of your DVD set, keep in mind that DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R won't work...

Rigel wrote:I tried to obtain a copy of my Kronos DVDs, however, since the size of the first DVD is about 5.2 gb, I could not complete the copy process using Nero Essentials. It said I needed a DVD R or DVD RAM for this, not a DVD-R, which can hold only 4.7 gb. If you plan to make a backup or copy of your DVD set, keep in mind that DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R won't work...

It sounds like that error message from Nero Essentials might have been misleading. It's a dual-layer DVD, and should work with any dual-layer media.

Thank you so much for all your helpful replies. I am confident that I can back up the SSD quite easily - now I just need to buy one!

BTW has anyone had any experience of making a single key with velocity problems function normally?