What software will convert Windows disk to a basic disk without destroying the data

Computer users especially HP users often convert basic disk to dynamic by accident when they are creating a new partition. Indeed, users can create much more partitions on dynamic disk, but problems may emerge from time to time. For example, users will be unable to dual boot Windows 7 Home Premium in Windows 8 Pro since almost all Windows free editions do not support dynamic disk. Therefore, the problem what software will convert dynamic disk to basic without destroying data is commonly seen.

Ways to Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk

Microsoft equips a function to system snap-in Disk Management to revert dynamic disk to basic, but users have to delete all simple or dynamic volumes in advance. If not, users will see the following situation:



From the screenshot above, we see the function "Convert to Basic Disk" is grayed out and can not be used. Therefore, Windows built-in Disk Management is not the software which can convert dynamic disk to basic without destroying data. At this time, some users may feel desperate and badly need a safe enough solution.

As a matter of fact, third-party partition manager is the best alternative to Windows built-in Disk Management. As long as users download an excellent partition magic, they can convert dynamic disk to basic without destroying any data and in pretty simple operations. And MiniTool Partition Wizard can meet users’ demands.

Revert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk with MiniTool Partition Wizard

By using this partition manager, users can complete disk conversion without deleting any data or partition. Specific operations are as follows:

Step 1: run MiniTool Partition Wizard to open its main interface:



Step 2: click the area boxed by red line and choose the function "Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic".

Step 3: click "Apply" button in toolbar to apply disk conversion and confirm to restart computer in accordance with prompts. After restart, let's open Windows Disk Management to check whether dynamic disk has been reverted to basic disk:



Now, we can say we are successful to convert dynamic disk to basic without destroying any data or partition. After that, both dual boot and multi-boot can be realized. And other disadvantages of dynamic disk can be avoided at the same time.

Note: MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition does not support operating dynamic disk, and users need to purchase MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition in stead, which is quite useful and economical.

Convert disk 0 from simple volume to primary partition

Scenario: I'm running Windows Server 2003 on disk 0 (a dynamic disk), and there is a 40GB simple volume where I had planned to install a copy of Windows 7 Starter so that I can change over from 2003 to 7. Nevertheless, it seems that I can't install Windows 7 on a simple volume. According to Microsoft my only choice is to convert disk 0 to basic in Disk Management, but it means everything on it including Server 2003 installation will be lost. Now, I want to know whether there is a way to just convert one simple volume to primary partition rather than convert the whole disk to basic.

Solution: unquestionably, there is no way available to restore one simple volume to basic, and reverting dynamic disk to basic is the only choice to convert a simple volume to primary partition. Fortunately, there is a third party partitioning tool which can convert dynamic disk to basic without deleting any volume (Windows Disk Management forces users to delete all existing volumes), and users only need to restart operating system after conversion is completed. MiniTool Partition Wizard is the very partition manager we introduced. Next, we will show users how to convert disk 0 to basic.

Convert Simple Volume to Primary Partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard

Step 1: launch the partitioning tool to get the following image:



Step 2: select the dynamic disk namely disk 0 from disk map and choose "Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic".

Step 3: click "Apply" button on the top to apply changes. During this process, users will be required to restart operating system since the operated disk is being used. Please do as told. After restarting system, let's open Windows Disk Management:



Now, we can see disk 0 has been converted to basic successfully, and users can install Windows 7 on a primary partition. If there is no other primary partition except the existing system partition, users can set a logical partition as primary, and MiniTool Partition Wizard can help complete this operation without data loss.

If users are also not allowed to install Windows on a simple volume, now convert simple volumes to primary partitions with MiniTool Partition Wizard. It is an amazing partitioning tool doing much better than Windows Disk Management.

Can't Create Recovery Drive Windows 10

Help! Can't Create Recovery Drive Windows 10

Early this year, Windows 10 had become the 2nd most commonly used desktop platform in the world. Now, seven months later, its dominant position is getting more and more stable. As so many computer users go for Windows 10, Windows 10 system security is arousing hot debate. While browsing Windows-related forums, we find numbers of Windows 10 users complaining that they can't create recovery drive in Windows 10.

A typical example from answers.microsoft.com is shown here:

Cannot create recovery drive in Windows 10

I have the exact same problem on a laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series) that was just purchased (8/1/2015) with Windows 10 pre-installed. I'm using a 32GB flash drive. I also checked the box to include system files. It gets a little past 1/2 way on the progress bar and then displays the same useless message:

"We can't create the recovery drive"
"A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive."

No further information or help forth coming.

  
See! That author is not the only one who is unable to create recovery drive Windows 10. Next, we would like to analyze two things:
1. How to create a recovery drive in Windows 10?
2. How to deal with "we can't create the recovery drive" error during the creating process?

Let's go to the detail.

Quick Review on Creating Recovery Drive in Windows 10

If you’re running Windows 10, you need to create USB recovery drive that allows you to restore your system from a restore point, an image backup, or through a complete reinstall if Windows won't allow to access. Same with Windows 8, Windows 10 offers the option to create recovery drive. First of all, let's have a quick review on how to create USB recovery drive:



Before you do:

• Prepare a USB drive that is no smaller than 4 GB.
• Make sure your USB drive is connected successfully.
• Make sure your computer is running Windows 10.

Step 1: At Search bar type: create recovery drive. Windows 10 will list the best match and the specific utility will appear in the first place. Please hit Enter on your keyboard then.



Step 2: The Recovery Drive utility comes out immediately. Please keep the option "Back up system files to the recovery drive" checked (to back up system files necessary for a full reinstall) and continue.



Step 3: Please wait patiently until the wizard successfully detects your USB drive and gets prepared to copy files. Then press Next to go on.




Step 4: You will receive a warning message saying everything on the USB drive will be deleted. Please make sure you have made a backup of the important data if there is any before you continue.



Step 5: Creating the recovery drive can take some time. You should wait patiently or you can go for something else.



Step 6: When the recovery drive is ready, click Finish.

No product key is required when using a Recovery Drive to reinstall Windows 10. But if you do a complete reinstall, you are likely to be required to enter your Product ID number to prove that you can legally run Windows 10 on this machine. So you should Google a product which can save the Product ID number and help you activate Windows 10.

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Attention! "We Can't Create the Recovery Partition"

Although it seems rather easy to create a recovery drive in Windows 10, many users report that during the creating process, if they uncheck "Back up system files to the recovery drive", Windows 10 Recovery Drive can be created successfully. But if this option is chosen, the creating process always fails, and they come across the error message saying "we can't create the recovery drive, a problem occurred while creating the recovery drive."



Take a look at a typical case that till now 138 people vote helpful from answers.microsoft.com:

"I tried on desktop PC....

1)  to create a recovery drive with "backup system files to the recovery drive" tick box checked.  On clicking "next", received the window advising that; "we can't create the recovery drive" plus additional text stating; "A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive". No further information or help forth coming. Finish.
2) to create a recovery drive with "backup system files to the recovery drive" tick box unchecked. On clicking "next", received message requesting; "connect a USB Flash Drive" with additional text stating that the "drive must be able to hold at least 512MB and that everything on the drive will be deleted".
Install USB flash drive (64GB);
Auto detected as H:\RECOVERY and process of creating recovery drive starts;
Preparing, Formatting and Copying Utilities;

Successfully completes creating a recovery drive. "

Not the only case right? Then how can you cope with "can't create recovery drive Windows 10"?

Here is the deal:

Deal With "Can't Create Windows 10 Recovery Drive"

Actually, we think you can do these things:

Solution 1: Scan for Problems

If creating recovery drive in Windows 10 fails, it seems your PC is suffering from a corrupted system file. Here’s how to find out and hopefully fix it:

Step 1: Type cmd in the Search field. In the search results, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.



Step 2: Once you’re inside the command environment, type "sfc/scannow" and press Enter. The System File Checker (SFC) program will examine Windows files and replace any that appear to be corrupt. This scan usually takes about several minutes only.



Step 3: After the scan, exit command prompt and try creating Windows 10 recovery drive again.

"sfc/scannow" is also helpful to fix blue screen error in Windows 10, read this 8 Solutions to Critical Process Died in Windows 10 to know more information.

Solution 2: Try another Flash Drive

It is strange that sometimes users may fail to create Windows 10 recovery drive with flash drive A, but succeed by using flash drive B. From Windowssecrets.com, you know this is not casual:

"I just tried this on a 16GB usb2 drive and it worked. Tried it again on the 8GB and it failed. Same message as before. Funny thing is that the 16GB stick has only 4.33GB used. So the issue on the 8GB stick isn't space."

So when you can't create a recovery drive in Windows 10, you can try using another USB drive to take your chance. After all, USB drives are easy to obtain

Solution 3: Create a Windows 10 Installation Media Instead

If you still can't create recovery drive in Windows 10 after trying Solution 1 and Solution 2, you may consider creating a Windows 10 installation media, which is extremely similar with a Windows 10 recovery drive. The major difference is that the installation media defaults to reinstalling Windows, and doesn’t know the details of your particular Windows installation.

Before you do:
You need to download the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft.

Step 1: Plug in your flash drive, launch MediaCreationTool.exe, select Create installation media for another PC and follow the prompts.



Step 2: When you have selected Language, Edition and Architecture, you will see a screen asking you to choose a medium to use. You may choose to use a USB flash drive which should be at least 3 GB or you can choose to create an ISO file and burn it to a DVD later. Here USB flash drive is chosen. Click Next and continue.



Step 3: The device is auto detected, and you can start the process:
Downloading Windows 10…
Verifying your download…
Creating Windows 10 media…
When you get the message "Your USB flash drive is ready", all is done.

When you boot from this drive some day to recover Windows 10, you should ignore the big "Install now" button in the middle and click "Repair your computer" in the lower-left corner instead. Then you will get into an environment similar to the Recovery Tool.

Solution 4: Backup Windows 10 to a Safe Location

Back up Windows 10 is another solution we can put forward to cope with "unable to create recovery drive Windows 10". When it comes to backup Windows 10, it is a good idea to create some sort of a mirror backup before Microsoft comes up with a better Create Recovery Drive application. And we think 3rd party disk cloning software deserves to be highly recommended due to their easy-to-use feature. For example, MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition has been found more reliable and much more flexible than the similar tools.

As all-in-one free partition manager, MiniTool Partition Wizard Free can help manage basic disk space safely on Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP all editions, like resize partition, merge partition, recover lost partition, convert file system, rebuild MBR, migrate OS, etc. To clone Windows 10, you should employ "Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard".

This migrate feature won't move Windows 10 from the original disk to another hard drive, it only makes an exactly same copy of the OS for system backup.
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Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard, then select "Migrate OS to SSD/HD Wizard".



Step 2: Here you are asked to select the destination disk. Please note that the destination disk must be basic disk and should be large enough to contain your Windows 10. Besides, data in destination disk will be deleted.



Step 3: Now choose a copy option to clone Windows 10: fit partitions to entire disk, or keep the original partition size, or customize partition size. In addition, if the destination disk is SSD or advanced format disk, tick Force to align partitions to 1MB.



Step 4: Then Partition Wizard will tell you how to boot from the destination disk. Please pay attention to this prompt if you have no idea.



Step 5: Finally click "Apply" to start cloning Widows 10.



Once you have a copy of Windows 10, you can use it to restore OS to the original Windows 10 hard drive or use this copy directly.

Recommendation

1.MiniTool Partition Wizard not only helps to back up Windows 10, but also helps to backup a specific partition with "Copy Partition" feature and even the whole drive with "Copy Disk" feature.
2.Please note that "Copy Partition" is designed to backup data partition, if you want to backup operating system, use "Migrate OS to SSD/HD" or "Copy Disk" instead.

In addition to the use of MiniTool Partition Wizard, you must know that Windows 10 provides built-in Windows Backup and Restore utility, which is able to make system backup to cope with unexpected system crash. Thus, it is also a good idea to use this tool to make a schedule backup of your Window 10 when you can't create recovery drive Windows 10. For the detailed steps of how to use Windows Backup and Restore, you can refer to disk imaging software, where step by step tutorial is explained.

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Which Solution Is Better?

By reading here, you may ask: which solution is better? Now we would like to make a simple comparison of these solutions to help you make the choice. As far as we can see, each one has their own advantages:

Solution 1	Easy to carry out and doesn't require any other devices.
Solution 2	It is the easiest solution as long as you have more than one USB flash drive at hand.
Solution 3	It helps to make a clean reinstall, thus you will need to redefine all your settings.
Solution 4	Cloning Windows 10 will return you a ready system without going through the process of installation or restoration. Besides, your personal settings and applications installed on system drive are available to use. However, cloning Windows 10 requires another basic disk, and is more space-consuming than the other ways.

So according to your real situation, each solution can be the best one for unable to create recovery drive Windows 10.

Migrate OS to SSD/HD VS. Copy Disk in Partition Wizard

Migrate OS to SSD/HD is a very powerful feature in MiniTool Partition Wizard all editions, so does Copy Disk. But many users are confused about their similarities and differences. This article tells Migrate OS VS. Copy Disk.

Similarities between Migrate OS & Copy Disk

1. Both Migrate OS to SSD/HD and Copy Disk support basic disk only.

2. Both Migrate OS to SSD/HD and Copy Disk clone the source data to another drive instead of migrating data. Thus you will get two copies of the same data when either operation completes.

3. Both Migrate OS to SSD/HD and Copy Disk requires a reboot for the operations come down to system partition.

4. Both Migrate OS to SSD/HD and Copy Disk enable to boot computer from the destination drive after your have finished the operations.

Differences between Migrate OS & Copy Disk

Migrate OS to SSD/HD only clones the system related partitions shown as Active&Boot&System (image attached), while Copy Disk clones the whole drive, i.e. all partitions. Thus, the former one can be regarded as system backup and the latter one, disk backup.

Note:
1. No matter you are going to carry out Migrate OS to SSD/HD or Copy Disk, you should know that the destination drive will be erased, so a backup in advance is necessary if there is any important data on the destination drive.

2. Migrate OS to SSD/HD and Copy Disk require that the source disk and target disk are coincidence in hard disk sector size, otherwise the operations will fail.

3. Reference: Migrate OS to SSD/HD
Copy Disk

How to Clone Hard Drive in Windows 7 32/64 Bit

Why Do You Clone Hard Drive in Windows 7

Although Microsoft is now is firmly pushing Windows 10 to all Windows computer users, Windows 7 still occupies a huge market share. It is such a classic operating system in succession to Windows XP and a number of Windows users will stick to use it for a long time. Thus, how to manage hard drive in Windows 7 can still arouse hot discussion, and hard drive clone is among the debates.

Hello,
My system partition/drive is starting to go out. I have purchased a newer HDD to use and need advice on the best cloning software. I would have tried RAID XPERT on my computer but I have not been able to get it to work and I'm short on time to debug the issues.
Thanks in advance!
My Os is Win7 x64 Ultimate.
--By Grumpy_Old_Man from Tomshardware

Cloning Windows 7 hard drive is an effective way to backup up the data in Windows 7, thus avoid data loss if the hard drive is damaged or gets virus attack. Besides, users can also increase the hard drive capacity though disk cloning. What's more, many companies install computers by cloning the hard drive since the computers are usually with the same configuration. Although there are good reasons to clone a hard drive, cloning a hard drive in Windows 7 is not that easy as you have thought, because the Windows built-in Disk Management won't work on this issue. Therefore, user should turn to third-party partition magic to safely and efficiently clone hard drive in windows 7 free. With this in mind, MiniTool Partition Wizard is strongly recommended as it is free for home users with various functions.

About MiniTool Partition Wizard

Developed by MiniTool Solution Ltd, MiniTool Partition Wizard is all-in-one disk/partition manager for all Windows users including Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10, both 32 bit and 64 bit. Also, it is endowed with powerful functions and user-friendly interfaces to realize the usability. In addition, MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable CD is available for user to manage partition when the operating system cannot be booted. Then how to clone a hard drive in windows 7?

How to Clone a Hard Drive in Windows 7 32/64 Bit

Before you do: to clone and replace hard drive in windows 7, you need to do the followings at first:
1.Connect the target hard drive to Windows 7.
2.download MiniTool Partition Wizard free edition, and then launch it the main interface.
3.Make sure all data on the target disk has been backed up.

Step 1. Choose the hard drive you want to clone, and Select "Copy Disk Wizard".



Step 2. Then you will be lead to the welcome page. Click "Next" to continue.



Step 3. Here choose the source disk to copy.



Steps 4. Then choose to clone to a hard drive in Windows 7.



Step 5. Review the changes you have made. Or you can customize the clone by changing the Copy Options.



Step 6. Here is a new page telling you how to boot from the destination disk. This is useful if you are going to boot Windows 7 from the destination disk. Click "Finish" to go back to the main interface.



Step 7. Click "Apply" to confirm all changes.

Verdict

Clone laptop hard drive in windows 7 can help protect the data in HDD, upgrade HDD and avoid trouble to install Windows 7 on every computer with same configuration. By using MiniTool Partition Wizard, users can clone windows 7 hard drive easily and safely. Now download this freeware and see whether it works.

How to Clone Hard Drive to SSD for Disk Upgrade

Why SSD is better than HDD

Today many users install operating system on SSD and use HDD to store games, films and other files. If asking them why, they will tell you SSD is doing much better than HDD. But since SSD is much more expensive, so migrating OS to SSD is a wise choice. Wondering why SSD is better than HDD? Let's get to the introduction of them first.



HDD (Hard disk Drive) is the basic storage in computer. The most prominent symbol for HDD is that it access data with a head located on an arm. HDD consists of many removable parts, making itself easily to get shocked and damaged. At present, the disk capacity of HDD are typically 500G, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, etc., and the sizes can be classified as 3.5 inch, 2.5 inch, 1.8 inch, etc. The interfaces of HDD are always PATA, SATA, SCSI etc.. HDDs with PATA and SATA interfaces are typically suitable for home, with large capacity and lower price; while the SCSI interface is normally used on high-end servers and workstations, with good performance and high stability, but the price is more expensive.

SSD (Solid State Drive) is a kind of hard disk which is made of solid state electronic memory chip arrays, and is composed of control units and memory units (including Flash chip and DRAM chip). SSD is widely used in military, video surveillance, network monitoring, navigation equipments and other fields. Although the cost of SSD is relatively higher than that of HDD, SSD is still gradually spread to the market. The new generation of SSD is generally using SATA-2 interface, SATA-3 interface, SAS interface, MSATA interface, PCI-E interface, NGFF interface, CFast interface and SFF-8639 interface.

SSD has the following advantages over HDD:
1.Faster read-write speed: Solid-state drive does not possess any head, instead, it use flash memory as the storage medium, and the seek time is almost ZERO, without any delay. No matter you are going to run operating system or large software on it, SSD is competent, and the running speed has a qualitative leap.
2.Nonperishable: SSD does not contain any removable mechanical parts internally, so it can calmly face vibration, overturn and drop, minimizing the possibility of data loss when a laptop accidently falls down.
3.Less heat dissipation and zero noise: since SSD adopts flash memory chip, SSD gives out little calorific value. Also, because there is no mechanical motor, the noise value is nearly 0 db.
4.Portability: compared with the traditional HDD, SSD is smaller in volume and lighter in weight, which is convenient for users to take away.

"SSD has many advantages over HDD thus there is still a need to clone hard drive to SSD for disk upgrade."
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How to Clone a Hard Drive to SSD in Windows 7/8

Since SSD has so many advantages over HDD, obviously you may come with such ideas: Can I use SSD to replace the HDD in personal computer? If yes, how can I quickly clone laptop hard drive to SSD? Take it easy, next we will talk about how to clone a hard drive to SSD.

As an old saying goes: where there is a will, there is a way. So the solution is already there, waiting for your discovery. Actually you just need a partition magic to help you, and we strongly recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition since it is highly marked in C/net. To show you the operations of using this software, We will take cloning a hard drive to SSD in Windows 8 for example. Here are the tutorials.

Step 1. Connect SSD to Windows 8. Install and launch MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition, select the source hard drive and then choose “Copy” (we choose disk 1).



Step 2. Select a disk to copy the source disk. Here you are expected to choose the SSD (we choose disk 3).
Note: All the data on SSD will be destroyed, so make sure you have done backup in advance. You are allowed to clone a hard drive to a smaller SSD, as long as it can hold all data in the source disk. You can also clone SSD to larger SSD by using MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition.



Step 3. Review the changes you are going to make and also change the copy options if necessary.



Step 4. MiniTool Partition Wizard will tell you how to boot from the destination hard drive. So if you are cloning boot drive to SSD, you need to pay attention.



Step 5. When you are lead to the main interface again, you can preview the changes you are going to make from the middle pane. (Here disk 3 has the same disk layout with disk 1.) If you confirm these changes, you should click “Apply” to make the changes effective.

Bottom Line

The easy-to-use interface of MiniTool Partition Wizard makes it easy to copy partition/hard drive to SSD in Windows easily. Besides, this software is also disk management software which enables you to extend partition, move partition, convert NTFS to FAT, convert MBR disk to GPT disk, and more. So don't hesitate to use this freeware to clone hard drive to SSD.

Clone Hard Drive with Best Disk Cloning Software

Why Clone Hard Drive

Today it's a very common requirement for most Windows users to clone a hard drive to another one. As for the reasons, most of them want to copy hard drive to a larger one due to insufficient disk space, some of them want to clone hard drive to SSD for higher efficiency, and some just clone hard drive in Windows 7/8/10 for data backup. No matter what the reason is, it is an indisputable fact that cloning hard drive is now a public demand.

In many cases, users do hard drive clone by using the simplest way copy & paste, which is not a safe method and is time-consuming. Obviously, clone is a better choice than copy & paste. To explain why, we should refer to the difference between copy and clone.

Difference between Clone and Copy

So what's the difference between clone and copy? Copy means to make a same version, while clone means more. Clone not only guarantees the files are the same, but also guarantees the same physical location as they are in the source disk. In some cases, a file requires fixed and specified location for normal operation. Once the file is moved, it won't work anymore. So generally speaking, clone is a safer way to replicate data.

Having said all of the above, let's cut to the point: how to copy a hard drive?

"Clone is a much safer way than copy & paste in data protecting, so clone hard drive is recommended when transferring all data to another hard drive."
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How to Clone a Hard Drive

1.Best Program to Clone/Copy a Hard Drive

In fact, disk cloning can be easily solved by using professional partition magic, and the best one is the one that works for you. So there is no unique answer to the question which partition magic is the best disk cloning software. Usually, free and reliable software is always the first choice. So here MiniTool Partition Wizard is strongly recommended to you.

MiniTool Partition Wizard free edition is a piece of windows clone software helps you to copy hard drive to another without data loss. Actually, for MiniTool Partition Wizard, disk copy equals to disk clone, and it even provides Sector-by-Sector copy technology. So you don't need to worry about the accident mentioned in the previous content after cloning a hard drive. Besides, this partition magic can be employed on Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10, both 32 bit and 64 bit.

Note: Sector-by-Sector Copy means to copy all sectors of the source disk to the target disk no matter the sector is used or not.

2.Preparatory work

• Make sure the target disk is successfully connected to the same computer;
• Make sure the storage space of the target disk is large enough to hold all the data in the source disk;
• Initialize the target disk to the same disk style with the source one;
• Make sure the data on the target disk have been backed up because all of them will be destroyed.

3.Steps of Cloning

Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard. Right click the source partition you are going to clone and choose "Copy". You can also choose "Copy Partition Wizard" in the left column.



Step 2: Then you should select a target disk to go on.



Step 3: In this page, four options are provided for you to customize the disk clone.

• Fit partitions to entire disk: automatically adjust the partition size to occupy the entire space of the target disk;
• Copy partitions without resize: only works when the target disk is larger than the source disk and will clone HDD Sector-by-Sector.
• Edit partitions on this disk: allow users to adjust the partition size during the process.
• Force to align partitions on this disk: this will improve the performance for Advanced Format disk & SSD.

Step 4: Copy Disk Wizard will tell you how to boot from the destination disk. If you are cloning the system disk, you should pay more attention. After that, click "Finish" to go back to the main interface.



Step 5: Here you can preview the changes you are going to make to the target disk. After confirmation, press "Apply" to make all the changes effective.



That's all for Windows disk clone. In addition, you can also clone a partition by employing "Copy Partition Wizard". After you have finished the clone, you can also resize/move/delete partition with free MiniTool Partition Wizard, which is indeed amazing freeware.

Conclusion

Windows disk clone is now a public demand, and MiniTool Partition Wizard is a great hard drive cloner. It is the best freeware with simple, fast and safe operations. Having such an excellent software available, why not download it to be your private assistant?