How to Clone SD Card on Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 [FREE & Reliable]

Need to clone SD card on Windows

“Hello, experts, I can't find a way to clone an SD card inserted into my device to another one? (Ideally sector by sector). Is this possible? If possible, how do I clone my SD card step by step? I'm running Windows 10. Thanks!”

The SD card is a kind of non-volatile memory card, which is widely used in portable devices such as Android phones, digital cameras, media players, video game consoles, and more. It provides a quite convenient way to store files, but you might need to clone SD card on Windows to:

① Make a complete data backup

If everything on the SD card is important, cloning this entire SD card to another SD card or other storage devices will make a complete data backup, effectively avoiding data loss or damage.

② Upgrade or replace SD card

If the current SD card capacity cannot satisfy your needs anymore, you can clone SD card to a larger one for upgrading; while keeping precious data safe. Or when your current SD card is about to fail, cloning it to another good SD card can help replace it without losing data.

③ Transfer files faster than copy & paste

Cloning an SD card to another one is also an effective way of transferring all files from one location to another. It is much faster than manually copying and pasting files one by one.

④ Create a bootable SD card

The fastest way to create another bootable SD card is to duplicate the existing one containing the boot files.

Is there a cloning software for cloning SD cards or Micro SD cards to new one?

SD card cloning is the process by that you make a replica of everything on a different disk or drive. The process might cost time and effort, but it is always worth it. Well then, how do you clone SD card on Windows? It will be an easy task with the right SD card cloning tool.

For seamless SD card cloning across brands, we recommend AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard— a free tool compatible with SanDisk, Kingston, Samsung, Lexar, Transcend, ADATA, and even Raspberry Pi SD cards.

AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard

The best free disk cloning software and hard disk Management tool that allows you to clone SD card in a fast way.

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This SD card cloning software allows you to clone SD card free with two different clone methods:

✦ Clone Disk Quickly: only copy the used space of the disk to another one, and you can adjust partition size during the cloning process. In this way, you can clone an SD card to a smaller SD card.
✦ Sector-by-sector Clone: clone every sector of the disk to the destination disk no matter whether the sector is used or not. This method requires the destination SD card to be larger than, at least equal to, the source SD card. So you can clone an SD card to a larger SD card.

How to Clone SD card on Windows 11/10/8/7 [Step-by-Step guide]

Now we will show you how to clone an SD card in a Windows computer step by step. 

Preparations check list for SD card cloning:✎...

1. Source SD card: the original SD card to be cloned.
2. Target storage device: the target SD card or other storage devices. The capacity of target device should be larger than data size on the source SD card. If you are planing to do a sector-by-sector clone, the capacity of target device should be larger than source SD card.
3. Card reader: USB 3.0+ reader is better for stable data transfer.
4. SD card cloning software: Download, install AOMEI Partition Assistant.

To reduce cloning failure:

1. Verify SD card health: Run chkdsk x: /f (or use Check Disk function of AOMEI Partition Assistant).
2. Disable write protection: Slide the SD card's physical lock switch to the unlocked position to disable write protection.
3. Initialize target storage device: this operation will erase all data on the target device.

* For Raspberry Pi SD cards, first run:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y

to minimize post-cloning configuration issues.

Then you can download and install the AOMEI Partition Assistant on your computer and check out how to clone SD card step by step.

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Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant, click "Clone" in the main interface and select "Clone Disk".

Step 2. Choose the SD card that you need to clone as the source disk and click "Next".

Step 3. Select the destination drive to store the data on the source drive, and then click "Next".

Step 4. Then, you can check the source and destination drive in the next window or change to “Sector to Sector clone”, and click the "Confirm" button to continue if there is no problem.

Step 5. At last, click "Apply" and "Proceed" in the main interface to start cloning the hard drive.

When done, the SD card has been cloned to another data storage device. Besides, AOMEI Partition Assistant is also able to wipe SD card completely to prevent private files from leakage.

FAQs about clone SD card on Windows

What does it mean to clone an SD card?

SD card cloning is the process of copying everything of an SD card, not just its files. This process serves multiple purpose such as data protection, system recovery, device enhancement, and data migration.

Can I copy files from SD card?

Yes, you can copy files from your SD card. Just open the SD card directory or folder, copy files or drag files and paste in the directory or folder you want to move them to.

How do I clone my SD card to a bigger one?

Here is quick access to clone your SD card to a larger one: connect both of the SD cards to your computer > open AOMEI Partition Assistant and go to the Clone feature > select the cloning methods and the SD cards that you want to clone > then, follow the prompt to finish the cloning process.

Sum up

AOMEI Partition Assistant offers a free way to clone SD card on Windows. Besides, it is not just designed for cloning SD cards, and it is also able to format 64GB SD card to FAT32, format RAW SD cards, fix SD card errors, convert SD cards between FAT32 and NTFS without losing data, etc. 

You can also upgrade to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional to experience more advanced functions including extending system partition, allocating free space from one drive to another, converting system disk from MBR to GPT for Windows 11, and more.

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