Free Disk Cloning Software

[Old_Geezer]

Does anyone know of a genuinely free disk clone software that's downloadable ?

(I've downloaded and tried 2 different (claimed to be free) cloning programmes today and both let me get to the stage when it was supposed to start and then displayed a popup asking for payment, and wouldn't let me go any further.)

 

TIA

[Buenchico]

Unless you're planning on opening a PC repair shop, where you'll need to keep on using disk cloning software over a prolonged period, the 30-day free trial of Macrium Reflect 8 Home should be good enough for your needs. You don't need to give your debit/credit card details and you even get free support throughout the 30 day period:
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree#backup-and-recovery-software-for-home-pcs

[Old_Geezer]

I'll give that a try, thanks.

[Old_Geezer]

Clone failed - Error 0 - Read failed - 9 - Bad file descriptor-MFT corrupt - Error code - 6. Please run 'chkdsk C: /r'

 

I hope chkdsk works on SSDs.

[Old_Geezer]

Insufficient privileges, locked, elevated mode ???

[Old_Geezer]

Braved a reboot. Now running check. Keeps sticking.

(Interesting that CMOS menus don't see the SSD boot drive, whereas going directly to the boot disk list sees it no problem.)

[Old_Geezer]

"Invalid partition table". What blessed use is that ? Chkdsk is supposed to be testing, hopefully fixing; crashing out isn't part of the plan !