Hdclone X.4 Professional Edition Portable Better -

Because the portable version can run without "touching" the host drive’s file system, it is a preferred tool for creating bit-stream images of drives for backup or technical analysis. Technical Specifications

Works with Windows (XP through Windows 11) and Server editions. hdclone x.4 professional edition portable

Goal: Migrate a 1 TB laptop HDD (single OS partition + small recovery partition) to a 1.5 TB SSD. Because the portable version can run without "touching"