I have two Hard Drives in my WIN 10 Computer. I want to clone ALL the data in both HD's into
two seperate files on a single SSD. I have enough room on the SSD to accomodate this.
My O/S is Windows 10 Pro, version 22H2.
So far the cloning software I have researched does not specifically address my issue.
Any suggestions on how I can do this.
Thank you
Richard S.
you need something that can clone/copy into a fileI want to clone ALL the data in both HD's into
two seperate files on a single SSD.
that is often called disk/partition imaging
Confusing for people not familiar with this kind of thing.
For example, diskgenius offers to clone (aka copy ) a partition/disk either directly to another partition/disk, or to a file.
It also gives the option to clone ( aka copy) by all files, all sectors or used sectors.
Unles you are doing forensics, all sectors is a waste of space . All Files or Used Sectors is for most people.
Other programs have simpler ui for absolute beginners. There are many free versions, aomei backupper, easeus todo, hasleo backup suite and plenty of others.
Use whichever is easiest for you.
"... clone ALL the data in both HD's into two seperate files".
Files or Folders ?
Sorry, my mistake.
I meant Directories. ie: preserve the structure as it presently exists. C: Directory and G: Directory copied as two seperate
directories.
Clone c and any other partition that's need to boot create new partition for the rest and simple copy folders over or use robocopy to mirror the folders
It's better to post a "Diskmanagement" Screenshot showing both disks before you do anything
I would but this forum will not let me include a .doc file. What format pleases it ?
Why not create two different image files rather than cloning? It's easy enough to recover a PC from an image file.
Yep - this is way to do it.
If you do not have a spare drive to hold image backups, you can do it like this:
1) create two partitions on SSD.
2) format both partitions as NTFS
image backup drive 1 to SSD partition 2.
3) restore image from SSD partition 2 to SDD partition 1
4) delete image file.
5) image backup drive 2 to SSD partition 1.
6) restore system image to SSD partition 2.
7) delete system image backup.
This presumes you have enough space on SSD partition 1 to hold contents of drive 1 and image backup of drive 2.
There are loads of variations of above i.e. you only need to image drive with OS. The non OS data drive can be copied in many ways even simply using file explorer.
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