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InvisibleSoul · 01-15-2013, 01:51 PM

I'll throw another option out there.

There are some dual bay hard drive docks available now that support offline cloning.

This one is about $40:
Newegg.ca - SYBA CL-ENC50038 2.5" & 3.5" White USB 3.0 Dual Mode SATA III HDD Duplicator + Docking Station

I bought this awhile back, but haven't actually used it yet.

This is another one that's a bit more expensive at $65:
Newegg.ca - Cavalry "Retriever" Series EN-CAHDD2BU3C-ZB 2.5" & 3.5" Black Standalone SATA Hard Drive Duplicator + USB 3.0 Dual-Bay Dock

But I've used this one quite a few times, and it has worked beautifully.

Basically, you just put the old and the new drives into the designated slots, and push a button on the dock, and it'll make a perfect clone.

The size of the partition will be the same on the new, bigger drive, but with Windows 7, that's a snap to fix. Just need to go into Disk Manager and resize the partition to fill the whole disk.

01-15-2013, 01:51 PM	#10
InvisibleSoul The RS Freebie guru Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: East Vancouver Posts: 22,032 Thanked 2,491 Times in 860 Posts Failed 137 Times in 67 Posts	I'll throw another option out there. There are some dual bay hard drive docks available now that support offline cloning. This one is about $40: Newegg.ca - SYBA CL-ENC50038 2.5" & 3.5" White USB 3.0 Dual Mode SATA III HDD Duplicator + Docking Station I bought this awhile back, but haven't actually used it yet. This is another one that's a bit more expensive at $65: Newegg.ca - Cavalry "Retriever" Series EN-CAHDD2BU3C-ZB 2.5" & 3.5" Black Standalone SATA Hard Drive Duplicator + USB 3.0 Dual-Bay Dock But I've used this one quite a few times, and it has worked beautifully. Basically, you just put the old and the new drives into the designated slots, and push a button on the dock, and it'll make a perfect clone. The size of the partition will be the same on the new, bigger drive, but with Windows 7, that's a snap to fix. Just need to go into Disk Manager and resize the partition to fill the whole disk.