Cloning a hard drive

[mp8802]

Can you clone a bootable hard drive by mirroring the partitions and then breaking them?

 

[rgd1101]

Why don't you just use a cloning software?

 

[mp8802]

Why don't you just use a cloning software?

I thought about it - there's a lot to choose from and I'm not sure which one copies the boot files.

 

[rgd1101]

http/www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2700214/upgrade-laptop-hdd-hdd-clone-lenovo-y50.html
Acronis Trueimage, Easus Todo, Macrium Reflect, Casper.

 

[mp8802]

http/www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-2700214/upgrade-laptop-hdd-hdd-clone-lenovo-y50.html
Acronis Trueimage, Easus Todo, Macrium Reflect, Casper.

Thank you I will look into these. Why are there so many? Do they all do the same thing (I'm sure the ones you listed will but what about the other ones?)?. The only reason I was wondering is because I couldn't find anything on mirroring (in regards to that) so I was wondering if that's an appropriate way to do it as well.