Free Drive Cloning Applications

Free software to duplicate and backup SSDs and hard drives. Video demonstrates Samsung Data Migration (now part of the Samsung Magician app), DiskGenius, Clonezilla Live, and the Linux DD command.

DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Make sure that you download from the official publisher links below -- not from the first link that may appear in a Google search! :)

Samsung Data Migration:
Note that since the video was made, Samsung Data Migration has been integrated into the free Samsung Magician app, which is available here:
https://semiconductor.samsung.com/con...

DiskGenius: https://www.diskgenius.com/free.php

Clonezilla Live: https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

Balena Etcher (needed to write a Clonezilla Live ISO to a USB drive. Note that everything on the USB drive will be deleted): https://etcher.balena.io

My recent video on M.2 Adapters & USB Enclosures is here:
   • M.2 SSD Adapters & Enclosures  

And the video “Old PC Upgrade #2: SSD Boot Drive” -- in which I show in detail how to connect a new drive to a desktop PC for cloning -- is here:    • Old PC Upgrade #2: SSD Boot Drive  

Finally, my video about using the Windows DiskPart command to return a drive to factory state is here:    • DiskPart Windows Drive Recovery  

If you are interested in the drive and related hardware I use, including adapters and enclosures for connecting drives for cloning, it can all be found in my two Amazon storefronts:

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Samsung Data Migration
05:43 DiskGenius
10:36 Clonezilla Live
15:49 Linux DD command
17:14 Drive Backups

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