Dom,
     I have never used it but I hear that Clonezilla is very good. I=20
would advise cloning to a file first. I usually just do a clean install.=20
No matter how careful you are there is going to be junk left over on the=20
system drive that interferes with system performance. My data drives are=20
completely separate from my system drive. I try not to store any data of=20
any type on my system drive. If you aren't using a separate swap drive=20
and most windows systems don't the system drive is worked a lot.
Thanks,
rich!

On 6/14/2014 3:33 AM, Dom S wrote:
> I use Clonezilla from a live CD.
>
> It can clone from HDD to Image file then back to HDD or direct from HDD t=
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> HDD (or partition to partition).
>
> I'd strongly advise cloning to file first if you have a failing HDD - jus=
t
> get your data off then worry about a restore later.
>
>

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