Hard Drive Cloning Software

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by TheKid7, Nov 1, 2009.

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  1. TheKid7

    TheKid7 Registered Member

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    Someone I know plans to clone his existing laptop hard drive to a new larger laptop hard drive. He plans to have the target larger hard drive in a USB2 Dock during the cloning. He plans to use Acronis TI to do the cloning. Should Acronis TI work OK or does anyone recommend any other alternative software to do the job?

    Thanks in Advance.
     
  2. BlueZannetti

    BlueZannetti Registered Member

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    I've done this with no issues in the past.

    Blue
     
  3. Jo Ann

    Jo Ann Registered Member

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    ATI has always produced perfect images and clones for us, but with just about any software, ymmv. ;)

    PS. You didn't mention the version of Windows your friend has, nor the version of ATI. Make sure that the version of ATI you plan to install supports his OS. However, if you create the clone from ATI's boot disk none of this should matter so long as the boot disk sees his hard drives!
     
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  4. DLE

    DLE Registered Member

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    Most retail (boxed) non OEM drives come with software to perform a clone. This might be an alternative to TI and will come with better support.
     
  5. MerleOne

    MerleOne Registered Member

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    Two good solutions :
    HDClone, free version, from Miray Software
    CopyWipe from TerabyteUtilities
     
  6. jonyjoe81

    jonyjoe81 Registered Member

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    If at first the clone drive doesn't work (won't bootup), you will need to do what is called a "reverse clone". Some brands of laptops have a different "chs geometry" that requires the new drive to be inside the laptop when the clone is performed.

    more info
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=209574
     
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