How to refresh clone.

[dahermit]

I have a clone of my hard drive (identical 750GB), sitting in a USB dock. I used a program called "Reflect" to clone my desk top's drive. Since the cloning, I have upgraded my desk top's Hard Drive operationg system from Windows 7 to the new Windows 10.
My question is, if I want to refresh the clone from time to time, must I re-format (in effect erasing it), my clone disk or is it good to go?

 

[Darren]

If you're using a different OS, then yeah I'd say you probably would need to do a format for at least the change in OS.

 

[voyagerfan99]

When you clone it the cloning software will format the disk before it performs the clone operation.

 

[dahermit]

When you clone it the cloning software will format the disk before it performs the clone operation.

Does that mean that the software will automatically re-format the disk each time a re-cloning is done?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Yes. It overwrites the existing partition.

 

[beers]

If you didn't set up an incremental/differential image you'd probably just want to wipe the backup anyway.