How to Clone Hard Drive on Windows 10?
Cloning a hard drive is the process where you create an entire same to same hard drive with the same files and properties. In cloning, you will have the exact settings, files that you had in your primary hard disk. Instead of copying one by one, you can do the cloning to copy all files at once.
Cloning also decreases the copying time but also decreases the failure rate too, whereas copying one by one won’t allow you to copy most of the system and application files; performing cloning you can copy systems and application files too.
You can also make a clone of your drive and use that as migration from your old machine without losing any files or preferred settings.
Advantages of cloning
Like we mentioned before, with cloning you will have fewer failure rates, ability to copy and file and all these can be in a single procedure. Cloning can be used if you are upgrading your hard drive. We all have experienced low storage, and how hard it is to handle things when you have no space.
Use the feature to upgrade your hard drive as well as to change your drive to SSD. We all know, in comparison to HHD and SSD; SSD is way faster and has better startup speed. For changing to SSD without losing any data or setting preference, cloning is a great feature.
Before performing cloning on Windows 10, check for few things
There are a few things that need your attention before you start cloning your drive in Windows 10.
First, you will need to backup all your files on your new drive. During the cloning, all the data on the drive will be erased.
Make sure, your new disk is bigger in storage as compared to the one you are already using. As for performing cloning, your new disk should be the same or larger in storage.
Check the disk size, as the new laptops are getting slimmer. Make sure your new disk can be fully placed on your laptop, also make sure your cables are connected properly. It is quite common for the systems not to detect any hard disk due to improper connection.
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How to Clone Hard Drive on Windows 10?
Cloning on any Windows OS can be with third-party applications as AOMEI, EaseUS, Clonezilla, and more. You can use any of the third-party applications for cloning hard drives. Here we have used EaseUS; however, you can use any app that you desire. As the cloning process is the same on all of them.
Ease US To Do
Is a great disk management tool. EaseUS is used for disk partition, cloning, migration, renaming disks, deleting, and creating new drives. It can also merge, resize, label your drive. A wide range of disk types are also supported: DE, EIDE, SATA, ESATA, ATA, SCSI, iSCSI, USB 1.0/2.0/3.0.
Features as Disk Clone, SSD Alignment, Intelligent Clone, and Secure Boot are the high light of Ease US To Do.
Disk Clone: this feature is used to copy both program and OS files and those applications can be used without any installation. Just clone it and use the app.
SSD Alignment: gives you full control of your disk. Not only, this will increase speed but will as well the lifespan too.
Intelligent Clone: divides the disk into sectors and all these are used at full.
Secure Boot: also gives the option to clone and disk and use the disk to boot too.
The application is fully supported on different Windows OS like Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. Use the direct links below to download the EaseUS To Do in a standalone offline installer for free.
The second link is for downloading the AEIO Backup tool that can be also used for the procedure.
Clone Drive on Windows 10 with Ease US To Do
First, you will download and perform the installation of Ease US to do. Then you will connect your USB/disk to your system.
Once the storage is connected, you will run the application. In the app, you will go to:
System Clone: Choose System Clone > Choose the destination disk > click Proceed to start.
Disk/Partition Clone: Choose Clone > Select the resource disk or partition > Select the target disk > Click Proceed to start.
If you want to use the disk to boot, then you will need to go to BIOS or UEFI. There you will find boot sequence options, make the new disk primary then save and exit with new changes. Your system will start again and will boot your drive too.
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