Windows Disk Copy Made Easy

I. What is disk duplication?

Disk duplication, also known as disk cloning, refers to copying the contents of one disk to another, and making the contents of the two disks exactly the same. It is usually the process of generating an image file from the content of the source disk, copying it and writing it to the target disk. Disk duplication is generally used in the following two situations:

1. If you want to upgrade the old mechanical hard disk to a solid-state hard disk, or replace the system disk that is at the end of its life, but do not want to reinstall the system and applications, you can clone all the contents of the system disk to Another disk, and then install the cloned disk to the computer.

2. Make a spare disk with the same file data as the original disk, so that when the original disk fails, it can be replaced immediately without losing important data.

After understanding the definition and applicable conditions of disk duplication, you can continue to view the introduction of disk duplication software.

II. What are the convenient and practical disk duplication software?

1. Renee Becca

Renee Becca It is a tool specially used for system/hard disk data backup and restoration. It can help you back up and restore important data in your computer, such as programs, system configuration, emails, photos, videos, documents, bookmarks, etc. In addition, you can also use it to clone disk and system data. The software provides three cloning methods, including hard disk cloning/cloning system hard disk; partition cloning and system migration. You can choose the most suitable cloning method according to your different needs.

How to clone/duplicate a hard drive with Renee Becca?

Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Becca, select the option (Hard Disk Clone/Clone System Hard Disk) in the main interface (Clone) column. If you only need to migrate the system to a new hard disk, you can choose the (system migration) function.

Step 2: Next, select the disk to be cloned and the disk to be replaced in the (source) and (destination location) of the “Disk Clone” pop-up window. After selection, you can adjust the partition size or create a new partition below according to actual needs. If you want to clone the system partition, you can also check (Make the target disk bootable (only for the system partition)), and then click the (Clone) button to execute the clone hard disk command, very fast and convenient. It should be noted that if the target disk saves some important files, it is recommended to back up the files in advance to avoid being erased during the cloning process.

2. Hard Disk Manager 16

Hard Disk Manager 16 is a disk cloning tool for both Windows and Mac systems, which provides personal (free version) and business/enterprise versions. In addition to the hard disk cloning function, the software also supports the cloning of the operating system. In addition, you can also use it to back up and restore the data in the device. As a comprehensive disk management tool, it also supports custom resizing of partitions, which is very convenient.

3. CloneZilla

CloneZilla is a very useful disk copy tool. Although the software is small, its performance is very good. It has two versions, that is, CloneZilla Live supports working on one computer; while CloneZilla SE supports working on 40 computers at the same time. The software adopts advanced backup and restoration technology, which can quickly clone all files in the disk. In addition, the software also has a data recovery function, which can use the entire disk image stored in the storage disk to repair a specified hard disk of the computer without damaging the file. In terms of execution speed, users can clone a 5GB system to more than 40 computer devices at the same time in about 10 minutes, and the cloning efficiency is very high.

4. Mini Tool Partition Wizard

MiniTool Partition Wizard is a very powerful disk management tool. It not only has the disk copy function, but also can perform diversified management on disks, such as resizing disks, merging, splitting partitions, formatting, erasing partitions, etc. In terms of supported systems, the software supports Linux Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 file systems, 32-bit/64-bit Windows operating systems. Besides that, this software can also help you convert partition format like MBR disk, GPT disk, copy and convert dynamic disk, change cluster size, change label, partition ID, serial number and more. The functions are very diverse and comprehensive.