Question re cloning for minimum down-time back-up
This may be a question that has been asked & answered previously - apologies if that is the case.
My question is this: Can I use cloning to make an absolute copy of my C: on a spare same-size & identical SSD without installing & using the new drive?
In other words, can I create a perfect and exact copy of my C: drive, so that if - read "when" - my existing drive dies, I can immediately plug in the copied/cloned disk and carry on, losing just the 10-15 minutes it takes to swap out a desktop drive, rather than having to go through the entire restore/reinstall process?
Thanks in advance,
Alex


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Thanks very much. I had always been under the impression that once a drive was cloned, that "new" drive was the only version that was bootable. Effectively I want two bootable drives although only one would be connected at any one time, and of course the second one would be quickly outdated - but still much faster to recover from disaster, rather than having to do the full restore routine.
Your advice re backups is already taken to heart, possibly little excessively so.
I use Acronis to backup to a 4-disk Synology raid drive, Dropbox to store (encrypted) data, and Backblaze for off-site backup, as well as another external SSD which I use for data only and backup monthly, and store it in a fireproof safe.
Having lost absolutely everything once, and being entirely paperless, I think overkill (especially since it's all automated) is far better than the opposite.
Alex
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