Best way to "clone" my Windows Server 2008 R2?

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Published on 2012-03-16T08:15:15Z Indexed on 2012/03/19 10:07 UTC
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I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Machine with 1 physical hard drive.

I have an exact copy of the hardware of it, which I intend to use a a redundant backup in case my server fails (hardware or software).

I'd like to routinely "clone" my production server's hard drive, so that when it fails, I'll just swap it with the latest clone.

Is this even possible? If it is, what would be the simplest way to do this?

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