@endorphin: I just cloned my hard drive using Vista and it automatically detected the hardware change and reactivated itself. I don't know if Windows is smart enough to tell if it is the same system, or a different system, same model or what. I'm sure you wouldn't have a problem until you activate a certain amount of…

@zkam: Yes that is what it does by default. It clones the drive sector by sector keeping all partitions intact. If the new hard drive is larger it doesn't automatically resize your partitions to use all of the space. But EASEUS also has a free utility similar to partition magic that allows you to resize your…

Correction, max transfer rate is 300 MB/min.

I have been using HDClone free edition for a while and it works well, but the transfer rates are incredibly slow at 300 MB/s. I recently found an excellent free program that does the same thing, but the transfer rates are as fast as your drives will allow. Check it out here: [www.easeus.com]