Need help cloning a drive

[crimsonier]

I have a 1TB hard drive that i am replacing with a new 1TB hard drive i want to move all my data to the new drive but all i can find on ways to do this are companies saying "use our software" or that i would need another drive to create an image on install the new drive then import the image is there a better way. what I thought about doing was to setup a raid1 then after it builds the raid remove the old drive and remove raid would that work.

[RadiatingLight]

Why not just download some freeware, or just copy paste files?

(unless the HDD is your boot drive, in which case you cant copy/paste)

[crimsonier]

it is my boot drive its the only drive i have in my system

 

[crimsonier]

3 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Why not just download some freeware, or just copy paste files?

(unless the HDD is your boot drive, in which case you cant copy/paste)

the other problem is i simply don't have any way to store the image

 

[vorticalbox]

2 minutes ago, crimsonier said:

it is my boot drive its the only drive i have in my system

 

Clonezilla; http://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone

 

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, crimsonier said:

it is my boot drive its the only drive i have in my system

 

Quote me next time

 

Anyway:

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421302,00.asp

 

"

While many find it worthwhile to pay for the convenience and ease of use offered by a for-purchase program, there are a few popular free alternatives that may do the job just as well, such as Macrium Reflect Free, ShadowCopy, Clonezilla, and EaseUS Todo Backup Free.

"

 

 

 

[crimsonier]

6 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Quote me next time

 

Anyway:

 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421302,00.asp

 

"

While many find it worthwhile to pay for the convenience and ease of use offered by a for-purchase program, there are a few popular free alternatives that may do the job just as well, such as Macrium Reflect Free, ShadowCopy, Clonezilla, and EaseUS Todo Backup Free.

"

 

 

 

which of those would you recommend me use vorticalbox recommended clonezilla but what would you recommend