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Super Guide: Clone Windows Server 2012 to New Hard Drive
How to clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive? This article provides you with powerful software to help you do this. Read this guide to get the easiest method.
By Delia Updated on October 25, 2024
The need to clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive
“I have a computer with Windows Server 2012 installed on it. Now I’m planning to replace the old hard drive with a new one which offers higher capacity. But I don’t want to reinstall the system. Is there any good way to accomplish it or is any good software recommended?”
– Question from Anonymous user
As data is increasing day by day, your hard drive storage space is becoming less and less, and your computer will become slower and slower. To improve performance, upgrading to a new HDD or SSD is a good choice. We all know that reinstalling the OS and applications again is time-consuming, so the above user wants to know a good way to make it.
Fortunately, there is a quick and easy method -- System Clone. System clone means to make the same copy of the original OS (operating system) and transfer it to another storage device so that you don’t have to reinstall it. AOMEI Backupper Server is the way to go.
Best software to clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive
AOMEI Backupper Server, especially designed for Windows Server systems, is not only a data protection and disaster recovery tool, but also a disk/partition cloning software. It’s handy to operate for everyone even not a computer expert. All Windows OS Platforms are supported.
You can easily clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive with the System Clone or Disk Clone feature. The System Clone will only clone the system drive while the Disk Clone will clone the entire drive, including system and data. Before we show you how to perform Windows Server 2012 system clone with AOMEI Backupper Server, you should download AOMEI Backupper Server, install and launch it.
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Smart Clone: Just copy the used sections of the source disk or partition, you can clone your C drive to a smaller drive without any issues.
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Optimize Disk Space: Increase the size of your system partition using any unallocated space, to help your computer run more efficiently.
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Multiple Cloning Features: Clone your system, disk, or partitions, making it simple to upgrade or move your operating system or SSD on your server.
100% SecureHow to clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive
Next, please follow the steps below to clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive, but before you do this, you should connect another disk to your computer, and make sure it’s available to be detected.
Step 1. Select “System Clone” under the “Clone” tab.
Step 2. System drive and all boot-related drives are selected by default. Decide a partition as the destination. Note that you’d better choose the first partition or available area on the target disk. Otherwise, the system could not boot.
Step 3. Confirm the operation and click “Start Clone”. Wait for a while until the progress reaches 100%. In order to make system bootable from the new hard drive, please shut down your computer after system cloning is completed. Then disconnect the source disk and connect the destination disk.
Notes:
- If you choose “Sector by sector clone”, then it will clone each space of the selected partitions, whether it is used or not. Not supported in larger disk to smaller disk cloning.
- If you are cloning a disk to an SSD, ticking “SSD Alignment” will accelerate its reading and writing speed.
FAQs about clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive
1. What are the benefits of cloning over a fresh installation?
2. What types of hard drives can I clone Windows Server 2012 to?
3. Will cloning affect the performance of my new hard drive?
4. Can I clone while my server is running?
5. What should I do if I encounter issues during the cloning process?
Conclusion
As you can see, AOMEI Backupper Server can help you clone Windows Server 2012 to new hard drive without effort. You can choose to only clone the system or the entire hard drive. And it’s also possible to clone a single partition.
Besides cloning, AOMEI Backuper Server is also an excellent backup and restore tool. Offers all kinds of backup options like system/disk/partition/file backup, full/incremental/differential backup, and lets you create multiple backup schedules as per your need.
PS: It also has the free edition AOMEI Backpper Standard for Windows PC users to protect their data safe.
