I'm not worried about the data since I was able to back it up but without install media for Windows, MS Office, etc, I'm not sure how else to get my OS & programs installed on the new SSD. I was assuming I could plug both drives into another PC and use EaseUS Todo Backup Free to clone from one to the other but only the old HDD displays and not the new SSD. How can I clone a HDD that won't boot up, and if I can is the SSD likely to also not boot up? All the instructional info I find online for cloning assumes that the source drive is healthy enough to boot up.

I went ahead and bought a new HDD and SSD, planning on putting data on the new HDD & cloning the old HDD to the new SSD.

Won't even boot Windows anymore so assuming it was failing I pulled the HDD and used a SATA/USB cable to back up my data with another PC, then deleted my data from the HDD to free up space for cloning to a smaller SSD. I closed & disabled everything I could think of but no change. The GUI is very easy to use although as mentioned, it can be very slow at scanning and copying but at least you know it's doing a thorough job.My laptop's HDD started pegging at 100% the other day.

The program has been recently updated to support the latest drives including IDE, SATAI, SATAII, SCSI, Firewire(IEEE1394) and USB drives, dynamic disks and it can help you with boot problems by showing you how to boot from a CD ROM. You can perform various types of copy - copy all of your hard drive, a partition clone or a a sector by sector copy. The program will warn you when it detects potential read errors that could start to damage Windows in the long term. Cloning options for Windows users include free offerings such as Drivelmage XML, CloneZilla, and EaseUS Disk Copy Home Edition. This process takes quite a while because it has to inspect your drive in great detail so make sure you've got plenty of time spare or leave it running overnight. The Copy utility allows you to create images of huge hard drives by slowly scanning it and looking for potential read errors. EaseUS Backup software helps customers back up system and data through local, network and cloud. If you've ever suffered from data loss or are upgrading your hard drive, then you need someway to backup and protect your data.ĮaseUs Disk Copy is a useful tool for all those that need to backup, clone, or upgrade their small hard drive to something bigger or simply copy the contents of your hard drive. Simple, safe way to copy and backup all of your hard drive

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