Can you clone a drive while it is service on the computer without having to physically remove the source drive. ie, from c: drive to docked target?
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Yes you can, it will depend on which program you use. I use a paid program, Paragon Migrate which will do it with both drives installed and in use, other programs such as the free version of Macrium Reflect will and I believe paragon backup and restore will. Some programs such as Acronis, will begin with the drive in use then tell you to reboot and do the actual clone during the reboot. With the Thermaltake Black X you can clone to the Black X or with the drive installed, and is easier when connected by eSATA but will do USB also.
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Technically, yes, you can clone the source drive to a larger destination disk, but depending on the software you are using there is a chance you'd have issues using more space than was originally available on the source drive. There are tools and software (you were not OS specific, so I'll not call anything out) out there that can expand after the clone to take more available space, and there are disk tools that can address this, but be aware of the possible outcomes.
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You could try that out (as I haven't). But I would use one of the computer's USB connectors to access the docked hard drive.
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It depends on your utility. Some will create a partition the size of the smaller drive and leave the rest for you to do as you please. Some will expect you to make a partition the size of the source disk before beginning. Still others will operate differently. You need to look at the details/instructions for the cloning utility. By the way, I recommend Acronis products for this kind of task. (After cloning, it's nice to have the option to resize the partition or make multiples, as you prefer.
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Not directly though you can ghost to a larger drive then use windows to move the partition. Slick simple device. I've only had a few drives that were failing have a tough time copying.
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Yes, you can do it if the SSD has the same size of your partition on HDD that you are doing a clone. For example: SSD=256Gb and HDD = 256Gb, OK! But, if SSD=256Gb and the HDD=320Gb, no possible to make a clone.
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The clone kit works great, but you have to have a corsair SSD connected to the supplied cable.The software will not work otherwise.
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I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
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You'd be better off just installing a clean operating system. I did not try cloning. I wanted to leave behind any unwanted unknowns. Just save your stuff to a flash drive DVD or external HHD and put it back when operating system is installed.
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Try Clonezillla. It's always worked for me and is free. It will clone your entire boot drive.
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No, it is a bare drive. I used a usb2IDE appliance and Clonezilla, a free OpenSource download.
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It does create a complete clone. I have deleted everything on my HD and then restored the OS and data. I don't believe you can use it as a C drive but, it will format a new drive to look like your old one.
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It depends in which software that you use, I believe there is some paid software that can clone only the OS but as always it is recommended to just reinstall straight onto the SSD
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1Chicago, the answer is yes, with this you can clone any hard drive, also SSD it will copy a HDD or SSD complete with verification to another drive. Limeyde
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Yes you can. That's what I did with my Sony Viao. I purchaced the drive and an external holder with a usb connection ($8 from amazon). I used NTI Echo 3 ($19) to clone the drive. After the coloning process I swapped drives. Took about an hour to do the whole thing. Mostly waiting for the cloning process.
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It is possible... IF you can shrink your current system partition to under 250 GB. You can then use any partition backup software (Macrium, Acronis, etc) to clone your old drive. Assuming you are using Windows, Open Computer Management, under Storage select Disk Management. Wait for drives to load. Find your system drive (typically Disk0) and right click on the windows partition and select Shrink Volume. Your C: volume as well as the hidden system partition cannot total more than the available space on the destination HDD. Then use your disk cloning software. example link provided.http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50081.aspx It is possible... IF you can shrink your current system partition to under 250 GB. You can then use any partition backup software (Macrium, Acronis, etc) to clone your old drive. Assuming you are using Windows, Open Computer Management, under Storage select Disk Management. Wait for drives to load. Find your system drive (typically Disk0) and right click on the windows partition and select Shrink Volume. Your C: volume as well as the hidden system partition cannot total more than the available space on the destination HDD. Then use your disk cloning software. example link... » Read More It is possible... IF you can shrink your current system partition to under 250 GB. You can then use any partition backup software (Macrium, Acronis, etc) to clone your old drive. Assuming you are using Windows, Open Computer Management, under Storage select Disk Management. Wait for drives to load. Find your system drive (typically Disk0) and right click on the windows partition and select Shrink Volume. Your C: volume as well as the hidden system partition cannot total more than the available space on the destination HDD. Then use your disk cloning software. example link provided.http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50081.aspx « Show Less
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You can access a hard drive with it to copy files on, but if some files are encrypted or have permission problems they might not tranfer correctly. So, I can't say 100% clone