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Serious question, does anyone else think Clonezilla is overkill for basic drive swaps?
Was chatting with a tech named Ray at the shop over on Maple Street yesterday and he swore by Clonezilla for every single drive migration. I get it for weird RAID setups or encrypted drives, but for a plain Windows box with a 500GB SSD going to a 1TB, Macrium Reflect free has handled every job I've thrown at it without a single failed boot. Am I missing something, or is the community just hooked on doing things the hard way? Anyone got a real reason to switch back?
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beth_baker6914d ago
Your gut is right on this one. For a plain Windows drive swap, Macrium Reflect free is plenty and it walks you through the resize step so the extra space actually gets used. Clonezilla does the job but you fight with it, the menus feel like they were built for someone who grew up on DOS, and one wrong pick wipes the wrong disk. Ray probably just learned on it years ago and never bothered trying anything newer, which happens a lot in this field. Keep using what works for you, there's no prize for picking the harder tool.
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