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| [title] Getting Your Data - Cloning Your Disk | |
| [* black] If you want to make a solid back up of your whole drive without restoring it to a new machine, this is your best option. | |
| [* black] There are a couple ways to accomplish this, but either one will require another Mac and a destination drive to clone the one from the dysfunctional machine onto. | |
| [* black] Apple [guide|132363|built this capability into the Disk Utility App|new_window=true] right in macOS. In most current versions of the operating system, it works best if done from [guide|119437|Internet Recovery|new_window=true] to avoid any background access to the disks. | |
| [* icon_note] You can use this method without installing the OS on the target drive as well, but the result will not be bootable. | |
| - | [* black] Third party software also exists if Disk Utility does not work, or gives an error, but this software may not be free. |
| + | [* black] [guide|112778|Third party software|new_window=true] also exists if Disk Utility does not work, or gives an error, but this software may not be free. |