How to Clone Failing Hard Drive in Windows 10, 8, 7?
Geeks -
To clone a failing hard drive in Windows 10, 8, or 7, you can use a free disk cloning software, such as Clonezilla, to create an exact copy of your hard drive onto a new one. Here are the steps to follow:
Download and install Clonezilla on a computer that can access your hard drive. You can download Clonezilla from its website: https://clonezilla.org/
Connect the new hard drive to your computer using a SATA or USB cable.
Boot your computer from the Clonezilla Live CD or USB drive. You may need to change the boot order in your BIOS settings to boot from the Clonezilla Live CD or USB drive.
When Clonezilla starts, select the "Device-image" option and press Enter.
Select the "local_dev" option and press Enter. This will allow Clonezilla to access the hard drives connected to your computer.
Select the failing hard drive as the source drive and the new hard drive as the destination drive.
Follow the on-screen instructions to clone the failing hard drive onto the new one. This process may take some time depending on the size of your hard drive and the amount of data on it.
Once the cloning process is complete, you can replace the failing hard drive with the new one and boot your computer from it. Your data and programs should be exactly the same as they were on the old hard drive.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.
