So I've got an old Vertex 2 64GB as my system drive. I'm going to pick up a larger one but would prefer to clone the drive instead of re-installing everything (I did a clean install less than a year ago on the same SSD). I'm not going from a HDD to SSD so a straight clone should work. I know I need to include the windows boot partition as well.

Any recommendations on good software? I've heard Clonezilla is good.

Thanks,

8/24/2013 3:19:13 PM

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-drive-cloning-software.htm
http://lifehacker.com/5839753/the-best-disk-cloning-app-for-windows

[Edited on August 24, 2013 at 9:01 PM. Reason : I've always used Acronis, but I'd probably try something different these days]

8/24/2013 9:01:09 PM

ive used paragon backup and recovery(free), as listed in the article above, and it worked pretty well.

8/24/2013 10:30:23 PM

http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

8/26/2013 3:31:07 PM

i was reading an article awhile back that frowned upon this (upsizing without fresh installing). Can't remember why.

[Edited on August 26, 2013 at 7:18 PM. Reason : d]

8/26/2013 7:18:38 PM

^That may be due to how physical HDDs partition data. With SSDs I don't think it's as big of an issue.

8/26/2013 11:01:11 PM

dd

8/28/2013 6:21:13 AM

What do you all use for cloning these days?

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