I want to clone a hardrive without an operating system on it.

[BarefootTechIssues]

I've been running a 500GB HDD as my main storage with a 128GB SSD that has my operating system on it as well as core programs, is there any way I can take everything on my HDD and put it on my new one. Every tutorial I have seen is for HDDs with operating systems on them.

In short what I want to do is make the new HDD take the place of the old so I don't have to mess with file directories for programs and stuff. Thanks!

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there BarefootTechIssues,

I believe you should have no issues with that. The cloning process creates exactly the same copy.
Make sure you adjust the drive letters if needed.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[CountMike]

You could also just copy everything.

 

[USAFRet]

Macrium Reflect to clone, or just copy everything over and swap drive letters around.

Either way works.