[Solved] How to clone a disk to another SSD/HDD in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 for free?

Updated on August 26, 2024 by Admin to Free Disk Cloning Software

This tutorial mainly introduces how to clone disk to another SSD/HDD with Hasleo Disk Clone in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, the main contents are as follows:

What is disk cloning and what is it useful for?

Disk cloning means copying all partitions on one disk to another disk and ensuring that the files in all partitions will not be changed or corrupted. Usually an excellent disk cloning software allows us to adjust the size and location of each destination partition on the destination disk according to our needs, which is very useful for us to copy a small disk to a large disk or copy a large disk to a small disk. Since disk cloning can ensure the data consistency between the destination disk and the source disk, it is usually used by us as a means of data backup or data migration. The following are some application scenarios of disk cloning:
    1. Upgrade a hard disk to a bigger one to get more free space.
    2. Upgrade a hard disk to an SSD hard drive for better performance.
    3. Generate a copy of the source disk to quickly replace the source disk or restore files when the source disk fails or loses files.

Free disk cloning software for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7

Searching for Windows disk cloning software on the Internet, we will find that most of the Windows disk cloning software is actually just a part of disk backup or partition management software, and these software are usually not professional disk cloning software and are expensive. Currently, there are only two softwares, EaseUS Disk Copy and Hasleo Disk Clone, that fully focus on the Windows disk cloning function. However, EaseUS Disk Copy is an expensive paid software (the lowest price is $19.90 per month for one computer), so Hasleo Disk Clone seems to be the only free disk cloning software for Windows 11, 10, 8, 7.

 

Tutorial to clone a disk to another SSD/HDD in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 with free disk cloning software Hasleo Disk Clone

Step 1. Install and run Hasleo Disk Clone, click "Disk clone" and select the disk you want to clone, then click "Next".

select source disk for disk cloning
 

Step 2. Select the destination SSD/HDD from disk list, then click "Next".

select destination disk for disk cloning

For other cloning options, please refer to the user guide for Hasleo Disk Clone.

Step 3. Adjust the size and location of the partitions, then click "Next". A warning message tells you that all data on the selected drive will be destroyed, click the "Yes" button to continue if you do not have important data on the destination disk.

edit disk layout for disk cloning

For other cloning options, please refer to the user guide for Hasleo Disk Clone.

Step 4. Hasleo Disk Clone starts cloning the source disk to the destination SSD/HDD. This will take a long time, so please be patient.

Disk cloning progress

Conclusion

As a free disk cloning software, Hasleo Disk Clone can help you clone a disk to another SSD/HDD in Windows 10/8/7. In addition, you can use Hasleo Disk Clone to clone a disk to another SSD/HDD sector by sector or migrate Windows from one disk to another disk.

 

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