Current old failing disk: micron c400 512gb 2.5" SATA III
Main and only boot device on Dell XPS L521X 15" running Windows 10 Pro. BSODs and boot failures every few weeks due to bad sectors.
Usually fix with sfc, dism, bootrec, bcdrebuild and chkdsk.
Always boots fine and runs without issue till the next failure.
Currently booting and active.
New disk:
WD Blue 750gb 2.5" SATA III. Chkdsk found no errors.
Steps Taken:
Booting from USB flash with the failing old disk still in the laptop and the new disk connected to the laptop via USB.
Clonezilla Bootable USB. Following https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/clone-your-ssd-or-hard-drive
At 80%, got the error:
clonezilla partclone fail please check /var/log/partclone.log
Cancelled operation, tested/rechecked both disks before trying a different option.
EaseUS Disk Copy Pro - WinPE Bootable USB.The process has been on for 16 hours now. Still at 1%, while generating more Failed to write notices.
Initializing copy, please wait...
Copy volume via sector by sector
Failed to write sector. (Disk 2, start sector 19456, sector number 1024)
Failed to write sector. (Disk 2, start sector 20480, sector number 1024)
...
Disk 2 is the new drive with no errors as per Chkdsk.
Image at 10 hours.
I just need to clone my current drive to the new drive. As is, to switch out with the current drive. Of course minus whatever is in the bad sectors that can't be read.
What method out there works? Or what can I change about the ones I've tried to get them to work?
EDIT: I prefer a solution that comes with a bootable USB option. Given its state, I don't want to open the laptop to remove the current drive till I'm done cloning it and writing to it e.g. by installing more software, results in more BSOD scenarios.