Cloning vs. imaging a hard drive

Tweet Follow me Tweet #computertraining Tweet to @support I often get asked what is the difference between cloning a hard drive versus imaging a hard drive.Cloning is the process of creating another drive which is an exact identical copy of your original drive. You would clone a drive if you wanted to convert your old mechanical hard drive to a modern solid state drive. It is a one for one copy. Think of cloning as making an identical twin.You would want to make an exact copy of the old drive, so that you can simply swap it for your new drive without having to reinstall...