Cy Burnot wrote:

John Doe wrote:
Cy Burnot wrote:

If I clone my C: drive to another HD of the same or larger size, and
then remove the C: drive and replace it with the clone, should I
expect any glitches when I turn the power back on?

Using Macrium Reflect to make the clone.

If you choose the easy option "Create an image of the partition(s)
required...", you're making a perfect backup copy, not a clone.

But I chose "clone". :-)

Pointless. Instead, do it the easy way. Buy yourself a suitable fast SSD
for your main primary drive. That includes Windows and programs. Also buy
a dirt cheap and huge conventional drive for multimedia and Macrium
Reflect browsable copies of your SSD. Make incremental copies as your
installation progresses throughout its life. Keep a notes file that
indicates the changes you want to make and all of the changes you have
already made (by simply moving the "To Do" lines to the "Done" area).
Immediately after restoring a pristine copy, make whatever changes are in
your notes file and then immediately make another copy. From that point,
you are testing the copy and having lots of fun knowing that nothing can
damage it since you have a backup.

Easy, pristine, and bulletproof Windows.

The only potentially difficult part is knowing what files you need to
backup immediately before doing a restore. You know, like Internet
bookmarks or any data files an important program might generate. Once you
get used to it, that's easy too.