Imaging a Hard Drive

Appleboy45 · February 25, 2017

I got an old eMachines that is finally getting decommissioned and put into storage. But I want to image the hard drive. Currently, it runs Windows XP. I want to make an image of the Drive. Does anyone know any free utilities that will allow me Clone the hard drive. I know there are a bunch of them, but I want to get suggestions from others.

Streetguru · February 25, 2017

8 minutes ago, Appleboy45 said:

I got an old eMachines that is finally getting decommissioned and put into storage. But I want to image the hard drive. Currently, it runs Windows XP. I want to make an image of the Drive. Does anyone know any free utilities that will allow me Clone the hard drive. I know there are a bunch of them, but I want to get suggestions from others.

Looks like DriveImage XML is what you want potentially

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/backup-your-computer-by-making-an-image-of-your-hard-drive/

intender · February 25, 2017

I have been using macrium reflect and like it. Its also in the link streetguru posted

Streetguru · February 25, 2017

53 minutes ago, Appleboy45 said:

I got an old eMachines that is finally getting decommissioned and put into storage. But I want to image the hard drive. Currently, it runs Windows XP. I want to make an image of the Drive. Does anyone know any free utilities that will allow me Clone the hard drive. I know there are a bunch of them, but I want to get suggestions from others.

24 minutes ago, intender said:

I have been using macrium reflect and like it. Its also in the link streetguru posted

Well cloning and Imaging are different things

If I'm not mistaken Imaging a drive is like preparing it to be used in a virtual machine, instead of keeping an old drive around or putting it on a new hard drive, you just image it and can run that whole thing in a virtual machine

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-a-virtual-machine-image-of-your-existing-hard-drive-windows/