You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and running quickly.

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For the love of GOD, stop trying to clone it. You're just killing it faster, and Ghost WILL NOT clone a drive that is failing. It's not a data recovery tool. Get "GetDataBack" from Runtime Software ...

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