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Coco423

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Im looking to clone my hard drive.....
« on: September 27, 2018, 09:18:45 PM »
Hello. Its me again. I want to clone my hard drive on my old XP as that is basically all i can afford right now. So... what is the best imaging program to do that on that still works on XP SP3? Preferrably a free one or low cost one.

 Because when i have to get a new hard drive for the old laptop i dont want to be searching fo rmonths for the Dell OEM copy so i dont have to get a new product key or upgrade to Windows 7 spend over my budget and barely fit it on this old 40 GB drive. Or even Vista.

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Re: Im looking to clone my hard drive.....
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2018, 10:14:56 PM »
I prefer Ghost 2003 for XP Image Backup. You might be able to find it on ebay cheap since its about 16 years old now. It allows burning to CD-R or DVD-R disc's as well as Drive to drive Cloning, and more but its not free, but a used OEM disc could be bought.

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Re: Im looking to clone my hard drive.....
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2018, 04:22:23 PM »
Thanks, ill look into it. It seems like a really good option, since i want to do drive to drive. But one question. Will it work to clone a drive to a flash drive?

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Re: Im looking to clone my hard drive.....
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2018, 06:08:36 PM »
Easus ToDo...or Macrium Reflect...Both have Free versions.
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