Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Completely free disk cloning software that actually works

You know the drill, you've just replaced an old HDD with an SSD drive (or M.2 etc), and for some reason you want to clone the existing drive and keep everything the same. Even though you know a fresh install of Windows is a much better idea. 

Anyway, if you're lucky the new SSD drive will come with some cloning software. However, a lot of the time it won't. So you download some free cloning software (like AOMEI Backupper) only to find that to clone the drive fully you have to pay... 

Fear not, there is completely free software out there (for personal use), from Macrium Reflect

Check it out here: https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree (scroll to home/free)

It totally works, and is totally free, you just need to give them your email address, and then they send you a download link.