Is it Possible to Clone an Entire Drive to a Bootable USB?

My three-year-old laptop's drive seems to die soon. Unfortunately, I can't afford a new laptop because I'm a poor student. Can I boot from an USB drive and clone my whole drive into that?

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Jerry· Answered on Dec 22, 2023

Yes, you can clone an entire hard drive to a USB and make it bootable.

USB flash drives and external hard drives, compact and portable, are common and useful. Users frequently save their operating system, data, and files to various external devices. The act of completely copying the content of a hard disk to another location is known as "cloning". People frequently copy a hard drive to an external USB device to save time and effort.

If you want to clone an entire drive on your computer to a USB drive, you must use third-party cloning software. EaseUS Disk Copy is the one that can meet your needs.

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If your USB device is big enough to save all the data on your existing hard drive, you could use it to clone the entire disk, including the operating system.

EaseUS Disk Copy is a professional cloning tool for Windows 11/10/8/7. It can help you clone a hard drive to a USB flash drive and clone a hard drive with bad sectors. By cloning your Windows to a USB, you can use your OS whenever needed. In addition, it can also help you to transfer the C drive to a new SSD.

It is possible to clone/copy an entire hard drive to a USB drive and make it bootable. You have to use professional cloning software like EaseUS Disk Copy to help you.

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