What is currently the best 'free' method or software to do a HDD mirror image to an external drive so that I don't have to spend days reloading software, et al, on a new HDD?
Thanks.
What is currently the best 'free' method or software to do a HDD mirror image to an external drive so that I don't have to spend days reloading software, et al, on a new HDD?
Thanks.
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I am not sure if this is what you are talking about but we just bought one for work. We cloned a hard drive to a new hard drive. I will get the name of it for you tomorrow.
"...But this is football. This ain't tennis..." --CJ Spiller; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkNT9IxEu8
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Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue
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"Keep your powder dry, Boys!" ~ George Washington
"If I understood everything I said I'd be a genius." ~ 'Unknown'
We use one like this for quick clones https://www.startech.com/HDD/Duplica...SB~SATDOCK22RE
This is what we have. I think it was about $40.
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"...But this is football. This ain't tennis..." --CJ Spiller; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkNT9IxEu8
That's just a dock.
When you get your new drives, they'll come with imaging software.
I just replaced one in my laptop. From the time I started to the first boot up with the new drive installed was <40min. It really is too easy nowadays...
"...But this is football. This ain't tennis..." --CJ Spiller; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkNT9IxEu8
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Foothills Golden Retriever Rescue
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"Keep your powder dry, Boys!" ~ George Washington
"If I understood everything I said I'd be a genius." ~ 'Unknown'
Using the included software, I did the following:
-boot PC
-connect docking station and new SSD
-execute cloning software
-select drive(s) to clone
-click go
-drink a beer
-pc shuts down on its own when complete
-remove old drive and slide new drive in the slot
-reboot like nothing ever changed save the fact that my boot sequence runs in 15sec where it was nearly 2min
-done deal
That's a full disk erase. It writes "00" into all of the sectors.
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