Case 1：Can I clone system partition to a new drive?
“I bought a new SSD and want to upgrade my computer. I added it to my computer a week ago and now I want to clone system partition to SSD. But the problem is if I just copy-and-paste all programs and files, the computer cannot be booted from the SSD. So I want to know if there is partition clone software that can help me to clone the entire system partition.”
Case 2: How can I backup computer partition quickly?
“In my working computer, I placed all the needed software and files in a partition. And now the company is going to get a new computer for us. How can I backup or move the working data into a hard drive or transfer it into my new computer? They are so important in my working!”
Case 3: The partition has little space, what can I do for the pictures and videos files?
“As you know, we all have the unforgettable memories. All the photos and videos that can remind me of the happy times are stored on my laptop. I collected them together in one partition. But as time went by, there are little space in the partition and my computer run slowly. I want to back up the partition to my USB mass storage device. How can I do it effectively?”
Are you having a similar issue as the above-mentioned problems? If you want to clone or backup the computer partition to another hard drive, SSD/ HDD or even the USB mass storage devices, just relax and follow the solutions here to clone the partition.
First, download the free partition backup software
To make the partition data clone process easy for you, we highly recommend you a free partition backup software—iSunshare CloneGo, which can help you to clone/backup the Windows OS and partition with simple clicks. You can download and install it on your PC and enjoy the 7-days free usage for all functions.
Second how to backup Windows computer partition to a new hard drive
No matter you are using the Windows 10/8/7 system on a computer, no matter you are going to backup system partition or other partition, iSunshare CloneGo can help you to do that without any data loss or damage.
Step 1: Run iSunshare CloneGo and enable the Copy feature. You can see in the right menus that all the partitions are listed here. The partitions in different hard drive will be named differently. For example, here, C, D, E, and F partition are in the dynamic disk.
Step 2: Select the source target. It can be the system partition or other partition where all your data are in. We selected the F data partition here from the dynamic disk.
Step 3: Select the destination target. It should be any partition in the new hard drive. We selected H as the destination target. And you can know from the list information that H and I partition belongs to another hard drive: HD 0.
Step 4: Click the Start button to begin the clone process, and then click the OK button to make sure you know about the format of destination partition.
Step 5: After this, the selected partition will be copied as fast as possible. You can view the copy process and get successful tips when it is done.
After that, if you clone the system partition, you can restart the computer and boot it from the new SSD. If you just backup the data partition, you can go directly to the destination partition to have a check of the data.
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