How to clone a disk

Disk cloning is the process of copying the contents of an entire disk to another disk, including the operating system and all your settings. Here are a few ways to do it.

Most often, you use cloning when you want to upgrade your computer and switch from HDD to SSD. Either you install the system from scratch, which has the disadvantage that you have to first back up all data, reinstall the OS and all applications, find passwords and perform all operating system settings again.

Another option to transfer data from one disk to another is cloning software, but here we recommend choosing carefully. In either case, you can be sure that it will take you some time.

The third, easiest option is to clone disks using a docking/cloning station. In this case, SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps AXAGON ADSA-D25 CLONE MINI is offered for 2.5" SSDs / HDD disks. Its biggest advantage is that you don't really need a computer to copy discs. Insert the source disk into the first slot of the HDD A docking station (source) and the destination disk into the second HDD B slot (target). Then just press the clone button and in no time you can conjure up an identical copy of the original disk on the target disk, including a working operating system. You can monitor the cloning process on four LEDs that display the percentage of cloning status. It's the easiest way to transfer the contents of, for example, an old and slow magnetic disk to a new SSD.

Another advantage of this docking station is that you can connect up to two 2.5" SATA disks of simultaneous size to your computer or laptop. USB 3.2 Gen 1 connection combined with SATA 6G enables fast data transfer of up to 5 Gbps, allowing you to fully use the maximum speed of modern SSDs.

The docking station is robust enough, which, together with rubber pads, ensures perfect stability of the station and reduces the vibration of inserted hard drives.

Everything you wanted to know about the docking station ADSA-D25.
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