Free software to duplicate and backup SSDs and hard drives. Video demonstrates Samsung Data Migration, 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 (scroll down past Samsung Magician):
DiskGenius:
Clonezilla Live:
Balena Etcher (needed to write a Clonezilla Live ISO to a USB drive. Note that everything on the USB drive will be deleted):
My recent video on M.2 Adapters & USB Enclosures is here:
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:
Finally, my video about using the Windows DiskPart command to return a drive to factory state is here:
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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Amazon UK:
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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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