More Than Clone SSD - See What You Can Do with Qiling Backup

Overview of Qiling Clone SSD Software

Since 2009, Qiling has been on a data protection journey, but its disk clone feature in Qiling Backup has been the most attractive to users. With the advancement of storage devices, Solid State Disk (SSD) has emerged, outperforming traditional HDDs in speed, durability, and energy efficiency, making it a superior storage option.

Upgrading a PC is often as simple as replacing an old HDD with a new SSD, and cloning the old drive to the new one is a common method. Qiling Backup makes this process easy for novice users, allowing them to clone their SSD with just a few steps. To clone an SSD using Qiling Backup, connect the new SSD to the computer and have Qiling Backup ready, following the detailed guide will provide a full understanding of the process before and after disk cloning.

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01. Connect A Second Hard Drive

Tools you need: To clone a hard drive or solid state drive (HDD/SSD), you'll need a screwdriver, a Power Splitter Adapter cable, a SATA cable, or an USB to SATA adapter. Ensure the target HDD/SSD is larger than the used space of the current drive. Additionally, if using an M.2 SSD, verify if there's a PCIe slot available for connection.

Connect the target disk to your computer.
For a desktop, open the mainframe with a screwdriver, connect the disk to the mainboard with a SATA cable, and plug the disk's Power Splitter Adapter Cable into the power supply box.
For a laptop, you can use a USB to SATA adapter to connect the external hard drive.
Initialize a new HDD/SSD to MBR or GPT before you can use it, to keep the target new disk the same style as that of the current disk.

02. Download a Disk Cloning Utility

download the disk cloning software or os migration software

Qiling Backup is a cloning software that offers a range of functions, including system and disk cloning, backup, restoration, and system transfer. It excels in the disk clone field, particularly in its ability to clone disks with ease.

Disk cloning software covers a wide range of demands, including updating a hard drive to a larger one, cloning an operating system, and more.
Disk cloning has a high success rate compared to other similar products.
The software supports a wide range of disk types, including IDE, EIDE, SATA, ESATA, ATA, SCSI, iSCSI, and USB 1.0/2.0/3.0, making it versatile and compatible with various storage devices.
Supports cloning of basic/dynamic disks and MBR/GPT disks.

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03. Get Ready with the Clone Procedures

System Clone: To clone the system, choose System Clone and select the destination disk, then click Next to start the process. Alternatively, in Advanced options, you can choose to create a portable Windows USB drive to clone the system to a USB drive.

Disk/Partition Clone: To clone a resource disk or partition, choose Clone, select the resource disk or partition, then select the target disk, and finally click Next to start the cloning process.

04. Boot from the Clone Hard Drive

Option 1. If you want to keep both the old disk and the new disk

To restart your PC and access the BIOS settings, simply restart your computer and immediately press the F2 key (or F8, F10, or DEL, depending on your computer's BIOS settings) to enter the BIOS menu. This will allow you to make changes to your computer's boot order, configure other settings, and potentially resolve any issues you may be experiencing.
When setting up a new computer or replacing the existing boot drive, choose the new hard drive or solid-state drive (HDD/SSD) as the primary boot device from the Boot options. This ensures that the system boots from the new drive instead of the old one.
Exit BIOS and restart the computer.

Option 2. If you want to only keep the new disk

To replace a disk drive, unplug the old one and ensure the new one is securely connected.
Restart your computer.
Option 2 is the better hard drive retention plan for laptops as it provides a more secure and reliable way to keep data intact in case of a hardware failure or other issues.

What Else Can You Do with Qiling Backup

Qiling Backup is more than just a clone feature, it's a feature-rich backup software that offers a range of benefits. While many users may only be interested in the clone feature, this software is also a good choice for protecting data from accidents and ensuring overall data safety. If you value your data and want to safeguard it, Qiling Backup is a great option.

#1. System Backup

Windows Operating System is crucial for a computer, making it essential to safeguard it against system crashes. Qiling Backup offers a simple solution to protect your OS, automatically selecting the necessary system boot partitions as the backup target. It is recommended to back up the system to an external hard drive, allowing you to recover the system to a new disk or even a new computer in case of a disaster.

#2. Disk/Partition Backup

If you have only one disk with multiple partitions on your computer, System Backup will only back up the system and boot partitions. For the remaining data partitions, you can use Disk/Partition Backup to create a backup.

#3. Scheduled Backup

Differential Backup:Differential backup copies files that have been changed since the last full backup, taking longer than incremental backups but faster than full backups.

Incremental Backup:Incremental Backup saves changed files since the last backup, regardless of the previous backup type (Full, Incremental, or Differential).

What's the Difference between Differential and Incremental Backups?

The main difference between differential backup and incremental backup lies in their approach to backing up data. While both strategies build upon a full backup, differential backup captures all changes since the last full backup, whereas incremental backup records only the changes made since the last backup (full, differential, or incremental). Qiling Backup supports both differential and incremental backup, as well as full and smart backup, offering users flexibility in their backup strategies.

#4. Smart Backup

Smart Backup creates a smart schedule to monitor specified files or folders every 30 minutes, generating a new backup image if any changes are made within that time frame.

Smart Backup can be used to back up database files that are frequently changed and shared files that are frequently updated by shared users.

Conclusion

This article provides an overview of the clone and backup features of Qiling Backup, but it's not an exhaustive review of the software, with many other features still to be explored.