trying to clone internal drive to external drive
hi, my first post. i'm trying to clone my internal wd hard drive to an external wd my book hard drive.
when I select my internal drive as my source , it won't let me select the external drive to start the clone. any advice a help thanks
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The only thing I can think of is the target disk being smaller than the source, or containing protected partitions that make it appear so. You can normally clone to a USB connected drive though it isn't the recommended method.
You do not say whether you are booted to Windows or to your rescue media. If to Windows then try the rescue media.
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Why do you want to clone to a WD My Book? You won't be able to boot Windows from it, and you may not be able to remove the raw drive from the WD My Book as it may have a proprietary connector.
Don't clone. Do a full disk backup.
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