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You’ve probably heard about countless different backup methods, but which one is right for you? Here, we will show a simple way to backup data easily and quickly.

MiniTool Partition Wizard, a piece of professional, simple yet free partitioning software developed by famous software development-company, proves to be an excellent choice for you because of its excellent performance.

Step-by-Step Guide to Backup Data

Step 1: Download MiniTool Partition Wizard from its official website, install it on computer. Afterwards, launch it to get its main interface as follows.

Step 2: In the main interface, you can see all partition, disks, and some features like move/resize partition, extend partition, format partition, copy partition, copy disk, etc. Here, if you want to backup data, you can choose copy partition or copy disk. The former focuses on cloning important files and programs which are saved in one partition for faster recovery while the latter can back up all data saved in the disk without affecting the original data. And now, we take “Copy Disk” feature for example. Select the disk which needs copying and activate Copy Disk function from the left action panel.

Step 3: select the disk that will save the copy of the source disk as the target disk and then click “Next”. Note: the target disk should be large enough to hold all content on source disk, and you also need to backup all important data on this target disk in advance, because all its data will be deleted.

Step 4: Choose a copying method to decide the layout of target disk and then click “Next”. Tip, it is highly suggested that SSD and advanced format HDD users keep checking the option “Force to align partitions to 1MB”.
Step 5: Click “Finish” to go back to the main interface of MiniTool Partition Wizard.
Step 6: Click “Apply” button to perform all changes.

After all operations are done, you have finished making a backup of desired data.

As we know, SSD is better than HDD. To be specific, SSD does not possess any head, instead, it uses flash memory as the storage medium, and the seek time is almost ZERO, without any delay. Besides, compared with the traditional HDD, SSD is smaller in volume and lighter in weight, which is convenient for users to take away. Of course, SSD also has other many advantages over HDD.

So, more and more users choose to use SSD to replace the HDD in personal computer. However, do you know how to quickly clone laptop hard drive to SSD without data loss?

How to Copy Hard Drive to SSD for Disk Upgrade

To clone hard drive, you can try using the free partitioning tool, MiniTool Partition Wizard. Developed by famous software company based in Canada, this freeware can help to easily copy all partitions as well as data to another hard drive or SSD.

First, you need to install MiniTool Partition Wizard on computer, launch it to open its main interface as follows.

In this main interface, you can see all disks as well as partitions, and some basic features. Here, to copy hard drive to SSD, you need to select the hard drive you like to copy and then click “Copy Disk” feature from the left action panel to get the following window.

Now, select the SSD and then click “Next” button to continue. Note: SSD should large enough to hold all data saved in hard drive, and you need to backup all needed data on SSD, because all its will be deleted.

Next, choose a suitable copy option, and keep checking the option “Force to align partitions to 1MB” since it can help to improve the performance for Advanced format disk & SSD.

After that, click “Finish” button to go back to the main interface.
Finally, click “Apply” button to perform all changes.

After all operations are done, you have successfully cloning hard drive to SSD for Disk Upgrade by using MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Question: as we know, it is easy to copy files and folders. However, can I copy Windows to another computer so I can enjoy the same Windows system state without wasting time to reinstall system?

Now, a piece of good news is coming! MiniTool Partition Wizard, a piece of free yet professional partition magic software, can help to easily copy Window as well as data to another disk without affecting the original data.

How to Copy Windows 10 to Other Computer

Developed by famous software company based in Canada, Partition Wizard offers “Copy Disk” feature which can help you under one of the following situations.

1. Upgrade small disk to larger one without losing all files, including Windows OS, installed programs, game records, and so on.
2. Replace damaged disk with a new one.
3. Make a copy for an important disk in case of accidents.

Now, let’s see the detailed step on copy Windows 10 to other computer.

Step 1: Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard to open its main interface as follows. Note: before launch this professional partitioning freeware, you need to connect your new hard drive to the Windows 10 computer as a secondary drive.

Step 2: Select the hard drive contains Windows 10, and then click the “Copy Disk” feature from the left action panel.

Step 3: Select the new hard disk that will save the copy of the source disk as the target disk and then click “Next”. Note: the target disk should be large enough to hold all content on source disk.

Step 4: Choose a copying method and then click “Next”. Tip: if you are copying Windows to SSD, please keep checking the option “Force to align partitions to 1MB” since it could improve performance for Advanced Format disk & SSD.

Step 5: Click “Finish” button to go back to the main interface of this professional freeware.

Step 6: Finally, click “Apply” button and tap “Yes” to perform all changes. Here, since you are copying system disk, you should choose “Restart Now”, and then MiniTool Partition Wizard will copy partitions and data to new disk in boot mode.

After all operations are done, you can remove the new hard drive and then connect it to your computer. Next, you can start your computer with Windows 10.