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Free Windows cloning tool - bazookaman - 04-11-2013
Any recommendations? I need something that will clone my boot SSD (recovery partitions and all) onto a new SSD that I can just swap out. Bootable an all.
Re: Free Windows cloning tool - ztirffritz - 04-11-2013
http://www.clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php
Re: Free Windows cloning tool - decay - 04-11-2013
http://clonezilla.org/
Re: Free Windows cloning tool - D. Lawson - 04-11-2013
Unsurprisingly, I also agree with the Clonezilla recommendation. I just used it last week to upgrade the hard drive in my Windows 7 HTPC. I had to use the flash drive version since the computer only has two SATA ports and no IDE channels, so I had to unplug the internal Blu-Ray drive in order to plug in both hard drives.
Everything carried over perfectly. No reactivation, no re-entering serial numbers, nothing. The only thing I had to do was drop into Disk Management and tell the new drive to use all of the "unused" space. (Since it cloned a 250 GB partition onto a 2 TB drive, it ended up with 1.5+ TB of unused, unformatted space. It took about two mouse clicks to "expand" the 250 GB to the full 2 TB.)
Re: Free Windows cloning tool - DRR - 04-11-2013
I have not used it yet, but I read about this and bookmarked it. I will probably try it next time I need to clone Windows.
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Todo-Backup-Free/3000-2242_4-10964460.html
Re: Free Windows cloning tool - haikuman - 04-11-2013
"Windows cloning tool"
Seems like an oxymoron to me *(:>*
The only Windows I do is here ~!~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMpc3velZE4
Re: Free Windows cloning tool - Carm - 04-11-2013
Used easeus todo backup tool. But you need to uninstall it when you are done because it loads at startup.