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Best free hdd cloning tool
Posted on 2/9/23 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 2/9/23 at 4:29 pm
I have a 1TB hdd (roughly 50% full; partitioned into 5 logical drives under Win10) that is starting to trip SMART monitors due to bad sectors.
OS is on a separate SSD, this is strictly data.
I have a new drive coming tomorrow and am in the process of backing up to an external drive, but would like to clone the old drive to the new one.
Looking for the best free (or at least low cost) cloning software since this hopefully will be a one time thing.
OS is on a separate SSD, this is strictly data.
I have a new drive coming tomorrow and am in the process of backing up to an external drive, but would like to clone the old drive to the new one.
Looking for the best free (or at least low cost) cloning software since this hopefully will be a one time thing.
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Posted on 2/9/23 at 4:47 pm to PJinAtl
dd
Posted on 2/9/23 at 7:13 pm to PJinAtl
They sell external docks with 2 slots that do a hardware clone. They’re about $20-$30, which might be above your budget, but it makes cloning a drive super easy.
Posted on 2/9/23 at 8:52 pm to PJinAtl
If it's just data, reconfigure the new drive in windows and then copy the files over.
You really only need to clone OS drives so you get all the boot sectors and OS files that you can't copy manually.
But acronis is probably the best clone software, you use the free trial version.
You really only need to clone OS drives so you get all the boot sectors and OS files that you can't copy manually.
But acronis is probably the best clone software, you use the free trial version.
Posted on 2/9/23 at 11:32 pm to PJinAtl
You must be as old as I am, creating 5 logical drives on one physical disc. That's Windows NT level inflexibility you should not repeat.
Like others have said, no need to clone, just move the files and re-define folder pointers (Music, Docs, etc.) and moe on with life.
Like others have said, no need to clone, just move the files and re-define folder pointers (Music, Docs, etc.) and moe on with life.
Posted on 2/10/23 at 1:17 pm to LemmyLives
dd is the best. But if you need a guided process CloneZilla works flawlessly for any partition type.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 6:20 pm to dakarx
Download hiren’s PE. Use Rufus to get the iso bootable on an usb drive. Boot your computer from the usb drive. There are several tools under the hard disk section that will clone the drive for you.
Turn off bitlocker on your original drive if it is turned on before shutting it down to clone.
Use an external drive adapter if it’s a laptop or you don’t have a free drive connection.
Turn off bitlocker on your original drive if it is turned on before shutting it down to clone.
Use an external drive adapter if it’s a laptop or you don’t have a free drive connection.
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