How to Clone Hard Drive with Clonezilla

Larissa updated on Jan 31, 2024 to Data Backup Questions Answered | How-to Articles

It is known to all that creating a comprehensive backup of your hard drive through cloning is indeed a wise practice. Hardware failures can occur, and data loss can be a frustrating and costly experience. So, I am wondering if anyone can tell me how to clone a hard drive with Clonezill.

Sure. You can read the following steps, and they will guide you to clone your hard drive using Clonezil:

Step 1. Choose Start Clonezilla.

Step 2. Choose the device-device option since you want to clone a whole disk to another whole disk.

Step 3. Choose the Beginner option and choose disk to local disk.

Step 4. Select your source disk (here it is your internal disk), this is the disk that will be cloned.

Step 5. Select your target disk (here, it is your external USB disk). Be careful. That disk will be overwritten.

Step 6. Choose the -sfsck option unless your source file system needs to be repaired.

Step 7. Choose the mode you want after the disk cloning is done.

Step 8. Press Enter to continue and answer yes (y) to confirm the information you previously submitted.

It is obvious that Clonezilla is a safe and secure cloning tool, but it is really time-consuming. We provide you with a more effective choice - EaseUS Disk Copy.

Here is what you should follow using to clone your hard drive using EaseUS Disk Copy. As you can see, you can clone your hard drive in an easier way compared with Clonezilla:

  • Click Disk Mode and select the hard drive that you want to copy or clone. Click Next to continue.
  • Select the destination disk.
  • Click OK to confirm if the program asks to erase data on the destination disk.
  • Check and edit the disk layout.
  • Click Proceed to start the hard drive cloning process.

Try it now! EaseUS Disk Copy won't let you down.