OT: cloning or imaging a new hard drive

[Laura Brody]

Quoting GCC Consulting <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net>:

> I am considering installing a SSD as a replacement for my current hard drive
> in my laptop.
>
> Two products that come to mind are Symantec's Ghost and Acronis' True image.
>

I use Clonezilla. It is a freebee and I am not intimated by Linux,
so it is my "go to" utility to clone hard drives. Do you have
cables to put a USB connection to a naked hard drive? If not,
you can get them for less than $20 from eBay.


>
> Have any of you used either product or have other suggestions?
>
> I used Ghost many years ago to clone a hard drive that was starting to fail
> for a client.  That was a desktop where I was able to install the new drive
> as a second drive clone the original drive and then set the new drive as the
> boot drive.
>
>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
>
> Office: 410-653-2813
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