Free Drive Cloning Applications

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): https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/

DiskGenius: https://www.diskgenius.com/ — In answer to a query in the comments, this is the main DiskGenius page. There is a page for the free version here: https://www.diskgenius.com/free.php But the file you download and install is the same for all editions (you just pay for a license code and enter it to convert the program to a paid version.)

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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktqa11VT1xI

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8BaLpd69QI

Finally, my video about using the Windows DiskPart command to return a drive to factory state is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYVBoXiF6cE

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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