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What utility can move my Windows boot partition over to another hard drive?
OK my HDD is failing and I might have to replace it sooner or later. The problem is that I will lose my original OS that came with the laptop and I don't want to buy a new one. Is there any way I can preserve this OS?
Use a disk imaging program like Clonezilla. In short, Clonezilla will copy the entire contents of a disk, allowing you to write it to another disk or file. This will allow you to make a complete and total copy of your drive without little effort. The new drive will be bootable and the operating system will have no issues. Plus its relatively quick, the entire process can be done in a few minutes, depending on the amount of data on the drive.
