I am trying to clone a spinning HD to SSD in a Windows 7 laptop, both harddrives are installed. My first choice was Macrium Reflect, but after installing, well, I don't know where it installed to ...

However, Macrium does a good job of presenting the process graphically (and providing plenty of prompts to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the wrong hard drive).

Want to clone your hard drive? Here's a step-by-step guide to take your though the process, as well as recommendations for the best software to use.

You can clone a hard drive to make a duplicate that you can use to replace a failed drive or get a new computer up and running quickly.

Windows only: Freeware application Macrium Reflect Free creates disk image snapshots of any hard drive on your computer that you can restore on any other drive to bring your computer back to the ...