Cloning AMD64 UEFI Image Disk From Windows

# cloning large UEFI image disk (5GB+) from Windows to internal hard drive (or SSD) may cause of corrupt installation
# also due to GPT structure, cloning to another disk is not enough, you need to rewrite the GPT backup header/table on the last 33 sectors of your target disk
# finally you really need to resize the root partition to get enough space for using the distribution

# here are the instructions to make this from Windows and with GParted Live on Linux side.

SOLUTION 1 Requirements

This way is very easy but requires to remove the hard drive/SSD from the Barebone PC/NUC and a special USB3.0 to SATA adapter cable (ref. USB3S2SAT3CB from StartTech).

Windows PC with Rufus and 7-Zip (or Winrar) Installed
1 USB Drive with Bootable GParted Live

1 USB3 To SATA adapter cable

SOLUTION 2 Requirements

Windows PC with Rufus and 7-Zip (or Winrar) Installed
1 USB drive for the image disk
1 USB Drive with Bootable GParted Live