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Jebonia
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Can anyone reccomend a free and easy cloning software? And before you say it, no, i can't do a fresh windows install as we have lost the CD key and frankly, my dad has too much files that i can't be bothered sorting through it and saving individually as i am upgrading for my dads hdd


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Windows 8 64bit

Silverstone essentials 500w ST50F-ES

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I use Clonezilla booted from a USB thumb drive 

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does the new drive you bought not come with one? I have found alot of drive company's now offer them free. 

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Clonezilla is free, fast, and good.  I boot it from a DVD.

 

Watch a few videos to get familiar with the interface/GUI.

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does the new drive you bought not come with one? I have found alot of drive company's now offer them free. 

Its a bare hdd. Idk but i have always got HDD like that? just in a static thingy bag.


msi h77ma g43 

i5 3470

Coolermaster hyper 212 evo push+pull

Powercolor 7950 pcs+ @1100 mhz core 1400mhz mem

Coolermaster haf 912 advanced 120mm rear, 200mm top 200mm front

Corsair vengeance 2x4gb 1600 MHZ

Windows 8 64bit

Silverstone essentials 500w ST50F-ES

Samsung dvd drive

2x 250GB Hitachi RAID0

Seagate Barracuda 2tb

LG IPS235p

Razer Blackwidow

Razer Deathadder


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Its a bare hdd. Idk but i have always got HDD like that? just in a static thingy bag.

checkout the manufacturers website and see if they have the software. Its worth a try. 

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Can anyone reccomend a free and easy cloning software? And before you say it, no, i can't do a fresh windows install as we have lost the CD key and frankly, my dad has too much files that i can't be bothered sorting through it and saving individually as i am upgrading for my dads hdd

I'm not quite sure what kind of cloning software you are looking for, but you can go to http://www.videoconverterfactory.com/

 

May it be a helpful answer for you :)

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I use dd in linux, it clones perfectly fine and it's fast.

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