Mirror your hard drive at the latest when your old hard drive makes strange noises or blue screens and crashes occur.
Mirror hard drive with Clonezilla
Clonezilla is a Linux operating system that allows you to mirror an entire hard drive. The image can be created compressed or uncompressed on the same or a different hard drive. We'll show you which Clonezilla is right for you and where you can get detailed instructions.
- First, find out your system type. Press (Windows) + (Pause) to know whether the operating system is 32 or 64 bit. You can find this out in your system settings.
- Download the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Clonezilla for free from CHIP.
- Burn the Clonezilla image to a CD-ROM and have your secondary hard drive ready for mirroring.
- You can now restart your PC, boot from the CD and clone your hard drive. Our photo series with step-by-step instructions will help you with this.
- Alternatively, you can also start Clonezilla from a USB stick.
Alternative software for mirroring at a glance
Using CloneZilla is not that easy, but it is completely free. More practical alternatives:
- One of the most popular alternatives is Arconis True Image. You can use the free demo version for 30 days.
- The Easeus Partition Master also does its job well. The free version can only be used to a limited extent, but it is sufficient for mirroring the hard drive.
- If you only want to mirror individual folders or hard drives without a boot sector, FreeFileSync offers a much simpler alternative.