Hi Guys it is my intention to clone my hard Drive on my Desktop.
The machine is in very good order and performs very well and is doing everything that is asked of it.
I have a unit that i bought some time ago which can copy/clone a hard drive by removing the desktops drive and placing it in this unit
then placing another new hard drive in the appropriate location of the same unit, press start and away it goes.
Apparently the entire hard drive is copied and can be stored away for future use if the one in the desktop fails for some reason.
It is an exact copy of the original and will have everything on it that was on the original.
Other than that i also have Paragon Drive Copy software, which can do the job while the Hard Drive is still in the Desktop, but one must purchase either a new hard drive and have it placed inside to computer so the original can be copied/cloned to this drive.
Some suggestions please, what would be the best option.
Take the Hard Drive out and place in the cloning unit or have a second new drive placed into the desktop, and clone to it.
My Desktop drive is 2 TB and the new one needs to be double this from what i have read and researched, so i was thinking of getting a Seagate 4TB 3.5 inch internal HDD, or the equivalent in an external WD 4TB drive.
Some expert opinions would be great. thank you.
Leon