Can this duplicate (clone) a drive with Windows 8.1 installed?
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It should not matter what is on the drive. It will copy what is there. Keep in mind you need to copy to a drive of the same size or larger but larger you lose the extra space.
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i used it to clone Win XP and Win 7 drives, so I see no reason why it would not be able to clone a Win 8 drive. however this unit has limitations and to limit issues I would suggest you make sure the drive you are cloning to is exactly the same as the drive you are cloning from. Same brand and especially the same size.
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Yes. I own this device and cloned a 1TB HD to a 2TB HD for my home PC running Windows 7. No issues whatsoever. Worked great.
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I'd recommend using MiniTool Partition Wizard. It's free! You can download it at such reputable download cites as C-NET's Download.com (http://download.cnet.com/windows/) The software has a copy Disk "button" that will duplicate your files onto a new hard disk. It is pretty simple to use and has worked for me, (using many of it's assorted features), for years. (Win. XP, Vista, 7 & 8.)
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Hello Richard. It will clone the entire HDD so you dont have to purchase another license for windows. Microsoft activation server auto detects the details and if it prompts for you to enter the key once again (i hope you have the backup of windows license key), just do it. There will not be any problem.Robin.
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Oh you also will need an external drive enclosure for the SDD drive to CLONE . see here @ amazon type in search "EXTERNAL DRIVE ENCLOSURE" Approx. $6
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No it won't and cloning the drive is not a good idea. You'll want to install windows directly onto the ssd and use the hdd as a backup
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I use it for direct drive to drive copies. It doesn't cone with cloning software. I've never tried
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Yes it does clone the OS, I clone my Windows 8 from Toshiba HDD to OCZ SSD 60GB, I am running the same now.
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As Stan Lee mentioned -- there are various tools that allow you to mirror the installed drive to another drive. Something like Acronis True Image 2015 for PC should work.
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If you had software that supported drive cloning yes, but the device by itself does not do "push button" clones.
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It does a perfect clone of your existing drive. All operating system, applications, settings, keys, passwords and data come over automatically. Keep you r old hard drive as a backup
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Yes you could, what you need to know....... The drive inside is a std length (~2"/50mm) long w/ the M2 interface. If you are going to clone the original drive you will need to get a M2 to SATA adapter to make it easy.
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I did not try to clone a active hardrive like your question but you can try. However, you can use a clone from Samsung SSD drive software to clone your active harddrive, I what I did with my laptop
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Yes I did. if it don't work, download easeus data partition and partition data before you clone. I went from 1tb HDD to 512 ssd with no problems
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Yes you can as you have a slot for it. You will need to clone over the existing install or reinstall Windows. There are also USB enclosures and normal SATA adapters.
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It would have been helpful if you had described what you intend to do. Clone what, exactly, would be a good start. And do you have any extra hardware available, such as an unused HDD that could be used for temporary storage?
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Mine did not come with cloning software. You can go to seagate's site and download their program called disk wizard I think. I used that to clone my seagate hybrid drive to the 600.