Hard drive cloning software

fetster · 10 Jun 2011 at 22:07

I would like to make an exact copy of my hard drive (inc drivers etc) to another drive.

What retail software would you recommend to do this?

Swordfish · 10 Jun 2011 at 22:10

Acronis True image

AbsenceJam · 11 Jun 2011 at 10:28

CloneZilla is free.

d_brennen · 11 Jun 2011 at 10:32

Another vote for CloneZilla. It's less friendly than the alternatives but it's very quick at cloning drive to drive.

Justintime · 11 Jun 2011 at 13:51

Quick question, does Clonezilla maintain alignment for SSDs?

AbsenceJam · 11 Jun 2011 at 14:07

Justintime said:
Quick question, does Clonezilla maintain alignment for SSDs?

Not sure but you can also use GParted to clone and set the alignment, lots of guides about.

Boss_man · 11 Jun 2011 at 14:56

iam sure windows 7 can if u got it

n3llyboy · 12 Jun 2011 at 12:33

Acronis True Image is free to download and use if your hdd is WD. I used it last week to backup.

Seagate give you a cutdown version too.

kristmace · 12 Jun 2011 at 12:39

Used EASUS ToDo Backup for a HDD clone yesterday. Free software which I've never used before, but it went fine.