As the name suggests, HDClone (HD for Hard Disk) Free Edition is a tool used to back-up the contents of the hard disk. This is a very important tool since important files, pictures and videos could be lost in an instant if your hard disk fails to work properly. Through this application, you can back-up your data and still access them even if your hard disk failed to work.

This free edition extends the functionality of a hard disk cloning tool. Aside from data back-up, the entire OS installation will be migrated as well. This means you can run your computer to retrieve the important files with the same OS even though your hard disk will not work. This application could also clone the partition and transfer them to another partition in the same hard disk. In case your original partition will not work, the cloned information in another partition could be used. The partitioning of hard disk even expands automatically in case your cloned partition is not enough to hold the entire data (for FAT and NTFS only).

This application could work in any type of hard disk and connection. If your memory card can handle the entire OS and data of your PC, you can even back-up your data in memory card. That also includes USB flash memory and even SSD (Solid State Drive) which is very popular in many netbooks. Cloning speed for the free edition could peak 600MB per minute. This speed should be more than enough for home use.

Check it out at http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html

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