How to Ghost a Hard Drive in 3 Steps

EaseUS image backup software allows you to ghost a hard drive in 3 simple steps. It is the best solution to protect your OS and data from system problems and unexpected data loss disaster.

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Brithny

Updated on Jan 12, 2024

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Is there any reliable program that I can use to ghost a hard drive

"I had a clean install Windows 10 on my computer just several minutes ago. Thinking that system problem and the accompanying unexpected data loss disaster can happen at any time, I intend to ghost the hard drive to backup the system and data. So even if anything bad happens one day in the future, I will not be troubled with system reinstalling & data recovery job. But I completely have no idea about how to ghost a hard drive? Is there any reliable Windows backup software that can make this job easier?"

As most computer users know, system failure or system crash might happen every day and every moment. It can be caused by various reasons such as virus and hacker attack, hardware and software failures, wrong operations and so on. Few people can expect or avoid such accidents. The only thing you can do is to reinstall the operating system to fix the problem. And if you know how to ghost a hard drive, things will become much easier. You can just regular backup hard drive with third-party image backup software and easily restore the system and data from the image file when a disaster attacks. 

3 steps to ghost a hard drive with EaseUS Todo Backup

EaseUS PC backup program is coming to do you a favor. It can help you ghost a hard drive by copying the contents of one computer hard drive to another disk or to an "image" file. And the image file can be used to restore disk or partition when it is necessary. The process can be easily done in just 3 simple steps. Now you can try it!

Step 1. Start with selecting the backup contents.

create disk backup step1

Step 2. There are four backup categories, File, Disk, OS, and Mail, click Disk.

create disk backup step2

Step 3. It is available to back up a whole disk or a certain partition. Choose the one you need and click OK.

disk partition backup

Step 4.  Select the destination where you want to save the backup.

select a backup target location

Step 5. For disk/partition backup, you can choose to save the backup to local drive or to NAS.

Disk backup step5

Step 6. After the backup process is completed, your task will be displayed at the left. Right-click any one of the task, you can further manage your backup such as recover it, create incremental backup, etc.

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EaseUS Todo Backup

EaseUS Todo Backup is a dependable and professional data backup solution capable of backing up files, folders, drives, APP data and creating a system image. It also makes it easy to clone HDD/SSD, transfer the system to different hardware, and create bootable WinPE bootable disks.

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