How to Clone Hard Drive with Bad Sectors And Boot Successfully
Cloning a drive with bad sectors is possible, but it may not be successful. The cloning process involves copying the data from the original drive to a new drive, and if the original drive has bad sectors, the cloning process may not be able to read the data from those sectors. This can result in an incomplete or corrupted clone of the original drive.
You can use a disk imaging software like Acronis True Image or EaseUS Todo Backup that can clone a hard drive with bad sectors by creating an image of the drive instead of a direct clone, which can then be restored to a new drive.
If your hard drive has bad sectors, regular clone software may not be able to read them, causing the cloning process to halt or interrupt. However, Qiling Disk Master is a powerful hard disk cloner that can clone all sectors, including those with bad sectors, allowing for a complete and successful cloning process.
The best software to copy hard drive with bad sectors
Qiling Disk Master Professional Edition provides a "sector-by-sector clone" feature that clones HDD/SSD with bad sectors to another disk, even when the source disk develops some bad sectors, offering benefits such as the ability to clone disks with bad sectors, preserving data integrity, and ensuring a seamless cloning process.
🔎Compatibility: Windows 10/11/8/7/XP/Vista
🔎Clone Options: The software supports multiple cloning options, including partition, disk, and system clone, providing users with flexibility in their cloning needs.
🔎Powerful repairing Features: This system supports 4K alignment after clone to enhance read/write speed.
🔎Target users: This software is easy to use and allows even a computer beginner to follow its onscreen instructions to clone a hard disk.
This tool offers a complete cloning program, along with a "check partition" feature to repair bad sectors. It also ensures partition alignment after cloning, making it a convenient solution. By using this tool, you can easily clone your data and avoid the impact of bad sectors on your work.
To clone a disk with bad sectors using Qiling Disk Master, you can first use the tool to perform a disk surface test to determine the number of bad sectors. Once you've identified the problematic areas, you can proceed with the cloning process. The steps are straightforward and can be completed in a simple and efficient manner.
How to clone hard drive with bad sectors
Qiling Disk Master offers easy disk management with intelligent options, eliminating the need for expert help when dealing with disks that have bad sectors. To start the cloning process, simply connect the old and new hard disks, and you can even try out the Demo Version of Qiling Disk Master to see it in action.
Step 1. To clone a disk using Qiling Disk Master Professional, open the software, click on the "Tools" menu, and select the "Clone Disk" option. This will initiate the disk cloning process.
Step 2. Select the hard disk that you need to clone as the source disk, such as an SSD, and click "Next" to proceed with the cloning process.
Step 3. Select the destination disk to store the data from the source disk and click "Next".
Step 4. Then, you can check the source and destination disk in the next window choose "Sector to Sector clone".
Here, you can also click the "Settings" button to adjust the partition size on the destination disk, or tick "4k alignment" to optimize the performance of SSD if the target disk is an SSD drive.
Tip: If you want to clone Windows to a smaller drive, the "Clone without resizing partitions" button will be greyed out, and a note will pop up about how to boot the OS from the destination disk.
Step 5. After returning to the main interface, check the pending operation and click "Proceed" to commit the operation.
After the cloning process is complete, you can replace the old hard drive with the new one. If you choose to keep both drives, you'll need to enter your computer's BIOS settings to specify the new drive as the primary boot drive.
After cloning the system disk, you can boot your computer from the destination disk by setting it as the primary boot device in the BIOS settings. This allows your computer to start up from the cloned disk instead of the original system disk.
◇ Set the new drive as the first boot drive
Step 1. To access the BIOS setup, restart your computer and press the functional key (such as F2, F3, F4, F5, or ESC) as soon as the first screen appears. This will take you into the "BIOS Setup" where you can make changes to your computer's settings.
Step 2. To change the boot order, select "Change boot order" and move the cloned hard drive to the top of the list.
Step 3. Press "F10" to save and leave.
✍ Note: If the cloned hard drive won't boot, you can check if the boot mode (BIOS and UEFI) and the connection boot are correct.
Conclusion
Qiling Disk Master is a tool that can not only clone hard drives with bad sectors but also remove them permanently after cloning. Additionally, it can be used to create a bootable USB to help repair boot problems.
If your computer runs a Server OS, try the Qiling Disk Master Server Edition instead, which is specialized for Windows Server systems.
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