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In this Itechguide, Victor teaches you how to clone a hard drive on Windows 10. The guide covers 2 steps to clone a hard drive Windows 10.
Warning!
The hard drive or partition you are cloning to will be wiped. Use only the drive or partion that has no data or that you are willing to lose the data.
The hard drive or partition you are cloning to will be wiped. Use only the drive or partion that has no data or that you are willing to lose the data.
Step 1: Install EaseUS Todo Free Backup Software
The first step to clone your Windows 10 hard drive is to download a free disk cloning software. There are a number of them out there but for this Itechguide, I will use EaseUS Todo Backup.
Here are the steps to download and install this free software…
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- Open EaseUS Backup Software from a browser on your PC. The software will start downloading immediately. Open the download folder for your browser.
- If you downloaded with Google Chrome, on the bottom left of the browser, click the arrow beside the downloaded file. Then, from the displayed options, click Show in folder.
- Alternatively, if you downloaded with Firefox, click Save file. Then, open the download folder – on the top right of the browser, click the download icon – see the second image below.
- The next step is to install the disk cloning software. To perform the install, double-click the downloaded installer file.
- You will receive a User Account Control confirmation requestion that you allow the app to “make changes to your device”. To proceed with the installation, click Yes.
- Then, on the installer screen, click Install Now.
- The software provider will attempt to get you to purchase the paid version of the software. Ignore the request – on the bottom right of the screen, click Install Free.
- Wait for the installer to download the software.
- Once the software is downloaded, it will start installing automatically. Wait for the installation to finish. Then, proceed to step 2 of this Itechguide.
Step 2: Clone Your Hard Drive with EaseUS Free Backup Tool
- On the installation confirmation screen, click Start Now.
If you closed the installer when it completed, type EaseUS in the search box. Then select EaseUS Todo Backup Free – see the second image below.
- Then, on the bottom right of the Activate now window, click Later.
- When the application finally opens, on the bottom left, click the Clone icon. See the highlighted icon in the image below. The disk clone software will open and display all the hard drives/partitions on your Windows 10 PC.
- To proceed with cloning your hard drive, select the drive/partition you want to clone and click Next. In this example, I want to clone my Operating System drive (C:).
I have a second hard drive on the PC. I will clone my OS drive to the second hard drive.
- Then, on the target window, select the drive with enough space to keep the clone copy. After making your selection, on the bottom right, click Proceed.
Data Loss Warning!
If you decide to proceed with the next step, note that the data in the destination drive WILL BE LOST. Proceed with caution!
If you decide to proceed with the next step, note that the data in the destination drive WILL BE LOST. Proceed with caution!
- You will receive a data loss warning. If you are happy to wipe the data on the destination drive you want to clone to, to clone the hard drive, click Yes.
As you can see, it is very easy to clone a hard drive Windows 10!
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