Need a good HDD cloning software

[Ragnaroken]

Yeah I'm upgrading and too lazy to format / install W8.1 all over again I want to clone it to a partition.

What software do you guys recommend? 

[gozzygozborn]

macrium reflect is simple and free

[cityle]

For my part I use clonezilla for cloning one hard drive to another one

[Ragnaroken]

For my part I use clonezilla for cloning one hard drive to another one

Does this provide a perfect clone? I mean can I boot from the clone once I'm done?

[ManWithBeard1990]

GParted is pretty good.

[SJBijzitter]

To be really lazy (like me) you could just buy a new hard drive and install the OS on that. My F drive is an old Vista system lmao

Does this provide a perfect clone? I mean can I boot from the clone once I'm done?

Plus I could boot on it, but why would I event want that

[cityle]

Does this provide a perfect clone? I mean can I boot from the clone once I'm done?

Yes, it's a perfect clone, so you can boot on it without problem. I used it several time, like when I was upgrading my SSD. But just to be sure, put the targeted hard drive in the primary position. Like if you're upgrading an hard drive on a laptop, put the new one in the laptop and the old one in the enclosure to be sure at 99,9% there will be no problem booting. And a backup of course. And afterward I boot on an USB linus to use Gparted to adjust the partition if the hard drive is bigger. http://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @Ragnaroken! 

 

For cloning software I personally use Acronis True Image, which has a free download WD version. You can download it from here:

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en

And another link with steps on how to use it for cloning:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3682/~/how-to-manually-clone-a-disk-with-acronis-true-image-wd-edition-software

 

Hope this helps.

 

Cheers!