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What is Best Way to Clone/Ghost Internal HDD to Another Internal HDD?
- Thread starter Dom Di Stroia
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D_Know_WD
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Hi there Dom Di Stroia,
Most of the major HDD manufacturers have their own cloning software. Just go to the download section of your HDD's maker website and download it.
Of course, there are a lot of third party ones. Check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1878285/cloning-hard-drive.html
In case you are planning to clone a failing drive to a new one, keep in mind that this process makes exactly the same copy. So, if there was some corrupted data on the old drive(resulted from bad sectors let's say), the same corrupted data will be transferred on the new one. This is why a clean install is always preferable.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
Most of the major HDD manufacturers have their own cloning software. Just go to the download section of your HDD's maker website and download it.
Of course, there are a lot of third party ones. Check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1878285/cloning-hard-drive.html
In case you are planning to clone a failing drive to a new one, keep in mind that this process makes exactly the same copy. So, if there was some corrupted data on the old drive(resulted from bad sectors let's say), the same corrupted data will be transferred on the new one. This is why a clean install is always preferable.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
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D_Know_WD :
Hi there Dom Di Stroia,
Most of the major HDD manufacturers have their own cloning software. Just go to the download section of your HDD's maker website and download it.
Of course, there are a lot of third party ones. Check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1878285/cloning-hard-drive.html
In case you are planning to clone a failing drive to a new one, keep in mind that this process makes exactly the same copy. So, if there was some corrupted data on the old drive(resulted from bad sectors let's say), the same corrupted data will be transferred on the new one. This is why a clean install is always preferable.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
Most of the major HDD manufacturers have their own cloning software. Just go to the download section of your HDD's maker website and download it.
Of course, there are a lot of third party ones. Check this thread out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1878285/cloning-hard-drive.html
In case you are planning to clone a failing drive to a new one, keep in mind that this process makes exactly the same copy. So, if there was some corrupted data on the old drive(resulted from bad sectors let's say), the same corrupted data will be transferred on the new one. This is why a clean install is always preferable.
Cheers,
D_Know_WD
Okay, thanks.
In Windows 7, is it possible simply to copy and paste the entire drive/volume?
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Okay, thanks.
Could the subfolders of the boot drive be copied without issue?
If a file is "in use", or otherwise not copy-worthy, would Windows 7 advise/prompt?
MerissaWalker
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copy and paste is good enough to ransfer data, and some programs can make the "copy and paste" process faster.
you have mentioned in your question "ghost" hard drive, ghost and other disk clone tools can help you clone hard drive or partition.
http://www.eassos.com/partitionguru/manual/clonedisk.php
you have mentioned in your question "ghost" hard drive, ghost and other disk clone tools can help you clone hard drive or partition.
http://www.eassos.com/partitionguru/manual/clonedisk.php
Hawkeye22
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To answer your topic title, clonezilla, macrium reflect, and other free cloning/imaging software will work well enough.
If you can tell us what you are trying to acomplish, it will be easier to answer? Are you trying to move your OS to a larger drive. Is your drive failing and you need to move the OS? Are you simply trying to make more space on your existing drive and if so, is this the OS drive? Give more details.
If you can tell us what you are trying to acomplish, it will be easier to answer? Are you trying to move your OS to a larger drive. Is your drive failing and you need to move the OS? Are you simply trying to make more space on your existing drive and if so, is this the OS drive? Give more details.
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