Question Will cloning my HD to another drive hooked up to the same computer as a backup cause any issues?

Balic Blackthorn

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If I clone my system disk to another internal drive on my computer for backup purposes, will that cause any problems?

Currently on Windows 10.

Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎4/‎19/‎2024
OS build 19045.4651
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19060.1000.0
 

USAFRet

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That is not really a good way to keep "backups".

Having multiple identical bootable drives in the same system can cause serious issues.

Cloning is for changing the OS (or other data) from one drive to another, right now.
Imaging is for storing backups.