I feel a bit naive asking this but it's first time I've ever done it.
If I clone my computer's C drive, will I just be able to slap in the new drive in place of the old and go on with life -- or is there more involved?
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Cloning a drive
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Cloning a driveI feel a bit naive asking this but it's first time I've ever done it.
If I clone my computer's C drive, will I just be able to slap in the new drive in place of the old and go on with life -- or is there more involved? HP Envy with 2.9/4.4 ghz i7-10700 and 16 gig of RAM running Windows 11 Pro
Re: Cloning a driveSteve is it the boot drive??
EaseUS has a great tutorial and freeware to do this. If it is a boot drive there a couple of extra hoops to go through. But once you swap it out is is identical. I have done this a few times when changing out from an HHD drive to an SSD drive. One tip I would recommend is to purchase an external drive enclosure to keep the old drive in. In case anything happens to the new drive you have a good backup to put back in. Sidd "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." ..... Ferris Bueller
Re: Cloning a driveNot a problem in the same machine, if you try to put a cloned drive into another computer there will be problems. I agree with Sidd, the EaseUS ToDo program and tutorials are great. I have their pro version and love it for backups and cloning. It has always worked well and I usually clone all of my computer's boot drives at least once a year.
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Re: Cloning a driveExactly what I plan to do! Thank you, Chuck!
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Re: Cloning a driveDid you get a Solid State or standard? I'm curious as to what I should get for my next one; am wondering if the SSdrives create a lot of heat.
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Re: Cloning a driveUnless you have a need for large amounts of storage (That's probably greater than 1TB these days) then there's no real reason not to go SSD. 1TB SSDs are around the $100 mark with 500GB being around half that and will be significantly faster, silent and use less power than an equivalent mechanical drive. SATA SSDs (which you'll need if you are doing a direct replacement of a hard drive) should give off less heat than a hard drive.
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Re: Cloning a driveThanks Chris that's exactly what my little mind needs to know.
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