Best way to clone hard drive ??? OK, I'm going to bite the bullet and upgrade to Win 10. I want to clone my hard drive before I do so, what is the best way to do it? Software ? Any...

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Best way to clone hard drive ???

Jul 29, 2016 07:54:20 #

02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

OK, I'm going to bite the bullet and upgrade to Win 10. I want to clone my hard drive before I do so, what is the best way to do it? Software ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jul 29, 2016 08:05:40 #

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

Why do you want to clone your drive? In any case, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuI2yFSAiN0

Jul 29, 2016 10:06:19 #

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Take a peak,I know of a few IT experts who like it.

http://www.shadowprotect.com/

Jul 29, 2016 14:08:09 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Just a caveat. Cloning a drive doesn't necessarily mean that the cloned drive will be bootable.

Jul 29, 2016 15:02:44 #

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Directions for cloning. First collect the DNA of the drive to be cloned. Inject the DNA onto a fetal stem cell of a new drive-----

Jul 30, 2016 05:53:02 #

alabau Loc: Ft Lauderdale, Florida

I use Macrium Reflect. It's free and works great.

Jul 30, 2016 06:34:55 #

Phil249 Loc: Southern WV

You can go to this site and it should help you
http://stickystatic.com/tech/best-way-backup-hard-drive

Jul 30, 2016 06:37:49 #

02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

Thanks to everyone for your responses, even the sarcastic one.

Jul 30, 2016 10:24:59 #

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

02Nomad wrote:

OK, I'm going to bite the bullet and upgrade to Win 10. I want to clone my hard drive before I do so, what is the best way to do it? Software ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I use a program called Norton Ghost. I hook up an external hard drive to a USB port and tell Norton to duplicate the boot drive or C drive. Remove the external drive, label it, put it away, and save it in case your drive crashes or ???

Jul 30, 2016 11:11:11 #

02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

Thanks for your response.

Jul 30, 2016 16:29:24 #

redrocktom Loc: Sedona

02Nomad wrote:

OK, I'm going to bite the bullet and upgrade to Win 10. I want to clone my hard drive before I do so, what is the best way to do it? Software ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

For a bootable clone I reco Carbon Copy Cloner or Superduper. I use Carbon Copy with great success. It will also do incremental backups of your clone. Just the clone is free, but if you want the incremental capability and other features, there is a fee.

Jul 30, 2016 20:32:53 #

02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

Thank you.

Aug 11, 2016 09:52:26 #

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

I use Acronis. I've been using it regularly for about 6-7 years.
It makes an EXACT DUPLICATE, including the manufacturer's hidden partitions. It has saved my butt a few times.

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