Once, my operating system was crashed for some reasons suddenly. I have to reinstall my computer, but I have not a bootable floppy or CD on hand. God save me! How should I do? Fortunately, thank for Miray Software, the publisher of HDClone Free Edition, the powerful and easy to use utility which can copy data to a larger hard drive. Did you hear about it? If you have the same troubles as me? HDClone Free Edition is just for you.

HDClone Free Edition enables us to move the content from an entire hard drive to another, larger one. The program installs itself on a bootable floppy or CD, and include it is own operating system, so it runs completely independent from Windows. Once HDClone has created the bootable floppy or CD for us, we can use it to boot our computer and copy the drive content to the new (installed) drive, using a graphical interface. The free version is perfectly suitable to upgrade our existing drive to a larger one. It supports IDE/ATA/SATA hard disks and is able to copy up to 300 MB/min. The latest version now supports USB mouse and keyboard as well as USB 1.1 drives. Since it works on a physical level it can be used with any operating system and any filesystem.

HDClone copies the data for us. This allows us to transfer entire system installations to a newer hard disk quickly and easily (hard disk migration). We only have to add the additional space on the disk via a partitioning tool. Since HDClone has its own operating system and is self-booting, it can be used even if the installed operating system is damaged. Therefore HDClone is also a great solution for data rescue on damaged hard disks or system installations. The commercial versions HDClone Basic Edition, HDClone Standard Edition, and HDClone Professional Edition offer extended features. We can use the Free Edition to find out if a certain PC system and its hard disks or other media are supported. It shows all supported and recognized drives, but some of them may only be usable with one of the higher editions. The Free Edition of HDClone offers all necessary abilities to copy a entire hard disk onto another, larger hard disk. This can be utilized to migrate an existing installation to a new hard disk as well as for data rescue. The Free Edition is real freeware without obligation to buy and is intended for the short-term usage at no costs.

The key functions and features of HDClone Free Edition include: Large hard disks support. Arbitrary copy support. Partitions copy support. Disk-to-Partition-Backup support. IDE/ATA/SATA hard disks support. SATA / SATA II / eSATA (AHCI) support. USB 1.1 Mass Storage (UHCI, OHCI) support. USB 2.0 Mass Storage (EHCI) support. CompactFlash via IDE support. SCSI hard disks support. Firewire / IEEE1394 (OHCI) support. Multiword-DMA support. Ultra-DMA-33 support. Ultra-DMA-66/100/133 support. SafeRescue mode support. Verifying mode support. FastCopy mode support. Sector area copy support. MultiCopy (4x, 8x, 16x) support etc.

Overall, HDClone Free Edition is a very nice, easy to use and full-functions applications to copy data to a larger hard drive. Not only can beginners use it simply but also experienced users can also use it for advanced application. It is an ideal solution for us who need to move the content from an entire hard drive to another, larger one.

HDClone Free Edition enables you to move the content from an entire ATA/SATA hard drive to another, larger one. The program installs itself on a bootable floppy or CD, and include it`s own operating system, so it runs completely independent from Windows. Once HDClone has created the bootable floppy or CD for you, you can use it to boot your computer and copy the drive content to the new (installed) drive, using a graphical interface. The free version is perfectly suitable to upgrade your existing drive to a larger one. It supports IDE/ATA/SATA hard disks and is able to copy up to 300 MB/min. The latest version now supports USB mouse and keyboard as well as USB 1.1 drives.

Features:
* Copy direction: small
* Copy direction: arbitrary
* Copying partitions
* Disk-to-Partition-Backup
* IDE/ATA/SATA hard disks
* SATA / SATA II / eSATA (AHCI)
* USB 1.1 Mass Storage (UHCI, OHCI)
* USB 2.0 Mass Storage (EHCI)
* SCSI hard disks
* Firewire / IEEE1394 (OHCI)
* HDClone for Windows
* Media parameter adjustment
* new: Automatic upsizing
* SafeRescue mode
* Verify mode
* SmartCopy (FAT16, FAT32, NTFS)
* FastCopy mode
* Sector area copy
* MultiCopy (4x, 8x, 16x)
* max. copy rate (MB/sec, GB/min)

The license of this software is Freeware, you can free download and free use this disk management software.