Program for cloning HDD

[alexhelvetica]

I have a computer that I want to reinstall windows on.

I also do not want to lose my old install.

 

What do you recommend?

[ictdude1]

try todo backup free and take an image of the install then when you reinstall windows install todo backup on the new install so you can restore the image you took

[Captain_WD]

I have a computer that I want to reinstall windows on.

I also do not want to lose my old install.

 

What do you recommend?

 

Hey there Comic_Sans_MS,

 

Acronis True Image usually has a free version for each major manufacturer. Also the manufacturer of your drive should have a recommended software on their website which you can use. What's the drive brand and model? 

For WD drives the recommended one is Acronis True Image WD Edition: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=OfErft

 

Feel free to ask if you happen to have questions

 

Captain_WD.

[EmeraldFlame]

Also you can use CloneZilla which has free versions too.

[alexhelvetica]

 

Hey there Comic_Sans_MS,

 

Acronis True Image usually has a free version for each major manufacturer. Also the manufacturer of your drive should have a recommended software on their website which you can use. What's the drive brand and model? 

For WD drives the recommended one is Acronis True Image WD Edition: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=OfErft

 

Feel free to ask if you happen to have questions

 

Captain_WD.

 

The computers are using, Seagate Barracuda 250GB, HyperX Fury 120GB SSD and a Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB and the laptop has a Seagate st100lm024 1TB (I will replace that soon)

 

The HDDs will be backing up to (If they pass) are: Seagate Barricuda 80GB, WD Caviar 80GB, Samsung HD160JJ 160GB, 2* Seagate Barracuda 160GB, 2* WD Caviar SE 160GB and 2* Seagate Barracuda 500GB.

 

Will the WD Program work on all of the drives or do I need to have the WD, Seagate and Samsung version?

[Captain_WD]

~snip~

 

In order for a program to work, the target drive needs to be of the same brand as the tool, meaning if you are cloning a drive with the WD version of Acronis, the target drive needs to be a WD one. I would check the other versions and see if there's a difference. There are also third-party tools, but I can't really recommend them. You can go through other topics and see what the other users are using.

 

Captain_WD.