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Need help cloning my C: drive

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stealthy123

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It may not even be called cloning.

Basically my boot drive is failing, and I need to copy everything over to my new drive and have it be bootable as though it was the original.

I have tried all different programs and the drive never comes out bootable, even if it is identical in space used it still won't boot.

The compounding aspect of this is, I don't know when my drive is going to completely crap out on me, and every time I reboot it could be the last time I get my computer up.

I have been trying freeware solutions, but if I really have to pay for a program I am at this point willing, though that is not preferred.
 
Get Acronis True Image Home 2011 12 13
go to disk management
clone disk
change boot drive in bios

"Easy Peasy Japanesey"
 
Are you cloning all partitions on the drive? The only reason I can think that a clone would fail a brand spanking new drive is if you didn't clone the boot partition (100MB) or it's in the wrong order (i.e. Main Partition > 100MB boot partition), or you cloned from a larger drive to a smaller one and had to resize and the boot partition got messed up or doesn't exist.


At the very least you should have a clone on an external device that you can verify has all the data you need in case you need to manually backup files from a clean start. This way if the drive does crap out at least you have something. Just try not to add or do any important work until you figure it out to preserve all critical data.

Macrium Reflect is a NO BS software that has saved my ass where almost every other free and paid for versions failed me after my RAID0 array crashed last October. After 4 months I finally was able to recover all my data and I have owed over a dozen clones since then to that program.
 
It may not even be called cloning
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That's the correct term.

Like "the_real_7" said, go and get Acronis, set it up correctly, and let 'ur rip.

It's got every option in the world about partition sizing and making the drive bootable.

I'm not sure if your old drive is funky enough to not clone correctly or if it's your error setting the program to clone but if it can be done Acronis will do it.

I dunno if the "trial version" will do a clone but the site should tell ya.
 
Acronis is good, also EaseUS Todo Backup 3.5. IT is free and you can clone your system drive while in windows.
 
I've used EaseUS Todo Backup 3.5. with sucess. Make sure you select clone the complete disk including MBR.

PS Didn't your SSD/HD come with clone SW?
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Acronis is good, also EaseUS Todo Backup 3.5. IT is free and you can clone your system drive while in windows.
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You can't clone a working OS. They all go into DOS mode.

While these cloning programs are free they don't have the versatility of most "pay for play" programs.

Cloning to a different size drive and adjusting partition size are just a few of the things that you may need "down the road".

Acronis also has a multitude of options for simple back-ups and if you're not doing back-ups you're doing something wrong. :eek:

Don't "cheap-out". Buy a decent back-up program......and USE it. :)
 
I believe the hard drive manufactures (seagate, wD) offer a free cloning tool to do exactly this. For each respective manufacturer you need to use the appropriate software.

I believe the software is written by acronis so it works well. It does everything in DOS mode of course then it tells you to switch the bios etc.. Works great.
 
Old Hippie said:
You can't clone a working OS. They all go into DOS mode.

While these cloning programs are free they don't have the versatility of most "pay for play" programs.

Cloning to a different size drive and adjusting partition size are just a few of the things that you may need "down the road".

Acronis also has a multitude of options for simple back-ups and if you're not doing back-ups you're doing something wrong. :eek:

Don't "cheap-out". Buy a decent back-up program......and USE it. :)
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"dos" being in huge air quotes here. I think Acronis uses the Linux kernel as a base. (more hardware support there)
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personally I wouldn't recommend Acronis at all.. not since they've moved to a mandatory online activation required system. (this being for the win version, not the LiveCD)
 
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