The original software may have had bugs when running on specific Windows 7 Service Packs or hardware configurations (like GPT vs. MBR). A "patched" version often includes community-made fixes to ensure the tool doesn't crash during a heavy cloning process.
If you want, I can:
– Averaged 2.1 GB/min over USB 3.0 (mechanical source to SSD target). That’s about 35 MB/s – slower than modern NVMe tools, but very respectable for a Win7-era utility. clonedisk 196 windows 7 patched