Freeware: Copy NTFS Partition in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 with Few Clicks

When you want to copy NTFS partition to transfer data between two different drives, you can try the free AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. It can clone NTFS partition effectively in Windows 11,10, 8, 7.

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By Emily / Updated on May 12, 2023

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Why need to copy NTFS partition?

To clone NTFS drive means copying all contents from an NTFS partition to another drive. Compared with copying files one by one directly, cloning an entire partition can save much time. Briefly, the following reasons can help explain why you might need to copy an NTFS partition.

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✌Backup data: no matter you plan to copy the NTFS system or non-boot partition, you can finally back up any important data stored on it.

✌Avoid bad sectors: if the disk has some bad sectors and needs to be exchanged, you can clone its important partition to another new disk.

✌Save time and disk space: copying an entire disk will take a lot of precious time, so gathering all vital data into one partition and then copying the partition will help to save both time and space.

✌Transfer data: if all your concerned files are stored in one partition or you just want to keep this partition when exchanging the disk, then you can make it easy via copying the partition instead of the whole disk.

Freeware for cloning NTFS drive on Windows 11, 10, 8, 7

When the time comes to managing disk partition, you might first think about Diskpart and Disk Management. Both of the Windows built-in tools indeed offer much help for disk partition management. For example, they can help delete partition, shrink partition, extend partition or format partition, etc. However, it does not offer any feature to copy NTFS partition. So a third-party tool will be required for this task.

Here, we would like to share you with a free partition manager called AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. Its “Partition Clone” feature allows you to:

Clone NTFS, FAT32, exFAT partition for free on all editions of Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 (32-bit and 64-bit).
Clone used space to the destination location, making it possible to clone NTFS partition to a smaller drive with "Clone Partition Quickly" method.
Clone every sector from the source partition to target partition with "Sector-by-Sector Clone" method.

Step by Step to copy NTFS partition in Windows 11/10/8/7

Before you do, please back up any important data on the destination drive because they will be deleted during the partition clone process.

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Step 1. Download, install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. Click “Clone” in the top pane and choose “Clone Disk”.

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Step 2. Choose a proper clone method and click “Next”.

Choose Clone Method

Step 3. Select the NTFS partition you wish to clone and click on “Next”.

Source Partition

Step 4. Select the destination unallocated space and hit on “Next”.

Destination Space

Note:✎...
Only unallocated space can be selected as a destination space to contain the partition you want to copy. Otherwise, the "Next" button will be greyed out. But you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant to create unallocated space.

Step 5. Resize the partition by lengthening or shortening the handle. Or you can skip it and directly click "Finish".

Adjust

Step 6. Back to the main interface and click the "Apply" button to make changes performed.

Apply

When it is done, all data has been transferred to the target partition. Moreover, the installed programs or applications can load and work on the destination drive as they are in the source NTFS partition.

Advanced reading on NTFS partition clone

The above demonstration is based on clone a non-system NTFS partition. What if the NTFS partition you plan to clone is the boot drive? Of course, you can also use the “Partition Clone” function. Besides, you can upgrade to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional edition, it offers a specialized feature named “Migrate OS to SSD” Wizard, which moves only OS partition to SSD/HDD and ensures a secure boot after migration.

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Conclusion

After reading this post, you must know how to copy an NTFS data partition. Apart from copying partition on Windows 10, 8, 7, AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard is also capable of cloning hard disk to another hard disk via the “Disk Clone Wizard”.

Moreover, it can do many other tasks that Windows native tools cannot, such as merge partitions, move partition, convert disk between MBR and GPT without deleting partitions, etc, To enjoy such amazing functions on Windows Server, there is AOMEI Partition Assistant Server available.

Emily
Emily · Staff Editor
Emily is an English editor of AOMEI Technology; she has a great passion for providing easy solutions for people to tackle with all disk or partition management problems. In addition to writing articles about disk/partition management, she also edits great tutorials on how to back up and restore disk for data security. In her spare time, she loves to learn computer skill to improve herself or stay with her family to enjoy a good day.