What do you reckon is the best way for me to make a direct copy of my OS drive.
I want to plug it in as if my old one was there.
Is this even possible or not really?
some software licenses use the hard drive serial number as a reference so if you clone to a different disk then these will prompt you to insert a license key again, etc
HdClone - work well, free version a bit slow though.
Used it after I had just completed a system, installed and registered all the s/w, client then changed his mind and wanted a larger drive. used the package with two different drives, registered s/w, and it worked like a charm.