u/DaveCC1964

The usual "what is best boot drive cloning software for Windows 10,11" but with some requirements.

What I want to do is make a bootable backup of my boot drive both on Win 10, and 11 computers.

What I need: No Linux software, I don't want to mess with Linux.

MUST clone drive as-is so if I upgrade SSD or SSD fails I can just restore the boot drive backup to new SSD and run as if nothing happened.

IMPORTANT: MUST be doable OFFLINE, and require no going online to install any windows updates or drivers. Must use what I already have and cloned. This way when Windows moves to no local account option and age verification BS I can run my current local account version without updating to the new stuff.

Need software with NO online DRM or expiration date. I don't want to be locked out of the software needed to restore due to an online check that I can't use if (duh) my computer crashes and I can't get online. It doesn't need to be free but needs to be portable so that I can use it anywhere without online check ins.

Needs to be easy to use with no complicated scripts, CLI commands.

Thanks.

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u/DaveCC1964 — 3 days ago