HDD RAW Copy Tool: Upgrade Disk, Copy Disk, Recover Disk

Highlighted product features: sector level copy/clone (raw copy)

Purposes: hard disk or partition copy/duplication/clone/replacement; sector by sector data recovery on bad sectors

Supported OS: Windows

Supported devices: IDE HDD, SSD, USB HDD, SCSI HDD, SATA HDD, Firewire (IEEE 1394) HDD, etc.

Overview of HDD RAW Copy Tool

The character "Raw" makes the way of copying/cloning a hard drive slightly different.

A disk copy utility with Raw feature works in this way:

It initiates a sector-by-sector copy of all areas of the hard drive, including the partition table MBR/GPT, boot records, all partitions including blank space as well. In a word, you use a RAW copy tool only when you want to keep an exact duplicate of a hard drive.

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When is the HDD RAW copy tool a must-have

For some forensic purposes

Support a complete electronic evidence discovery on a certain hard drive by copying it all, even the hidden data areas you won't see on a computer.

For damaged hard drive recovery

Make a copy of a damaged hard drive and perform data recovery on the copy. Qiling Disk Copy ignores bad sectors when copying. you can save plenty of time waiting on bad sectors copying with some average disk copy software.

For ultimate backup

Backup not only files on it but also its file system, partitions allocation and disk space to a new drive for future use.

Of cause, a RAW copy tool also comes to 100% satisfy the common demands for replacing an old hard drive with a new one without losing data or reinstalling operating system. It's really a simple, powerful, dedicated and user-friendly disk copy software. Everyone could easily handle the disk copy job with it!

How to Create a RAW Copy of an HDD or SSD

Step-by-Step Guide:

Activate Qiling Disk Copy for a smooth disk copying or cloning process.

Step 1: Download, install and run Qiling Disk Copy on your PC.

Choose "Disk/Partition clone" to start.

Step 2. Select the source disk that you want to clone. Click "Next" to continue.

Step 3: Select the destination disk where you want to clone/copy the old disk and click Next to continue.

Step 4: Check and edit the disk layout as Autofit the disk, Copy as the source or Edit disk layout.

If your destination disk is an SSD drive, do remember to tick "Optimize for SSD" option if the target is SSD.

Step 5: Click "Proceed" to start the hard drive cloning process.

A warning message tells you that the data on the destination disk will be overwritten. Click "OK" to continue if you do not have important data on the destination disk.