AnsweredDoes Cloning A Drive Make It Bootable?

Does cloning a drive make it bootable? First, the answer is YES. Cloning a hard disk is the process of creating an exact replica of one hard disk onto another. This is commonly done to backup data, upgrade to a larger disk, or replace a failing disk without losing any data or settings. The process can be done using various software tools or hardware devices.

Once you’ve chosen a system disk, after cloning, you can directly boot from the target disk without reinstalling and resetting your Windows OS.

The problem you need to pay attention to is that Windows doesn’t have built-in cloning software can help you. So if you want to clone your disk , you can only choose a third-party tool to do it.

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is a disk and PC manager for Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP. The “Clone Disk” and the “Migrate OS” functions offer different cloning selections for your various needs.

The "Clone Disk" tool is intended for customers who want to replicate their hard disk while retaining all data on the original disk. It allows you to clone many sorts of drives, including HDD to SSD, HDD to HDD, smaller SSD to larger SSD, and even HDD to M.2 SSD. It also has a sector-by-sector clone option, which allows users to generate an identical replica of the specified disk. Users may create an exact clone of their hard drive, including bootable sectors, by using the "Clone" tool.

While the "Migrate OS" option is intended for people who just want to move their familiar Windows OS to another drive. Only Windows systems will be transferred.

After you have finished cloning, you must ensure that the freshly cloned hard disk is bootable on your computer. You can accomplish this by going into BIOS or UEFI and altering the boot order such that the new hard drive boots first, rather than the old one. After that, you should be able to boot your computer from the newly cloned hard disk.