6 Aug 2017 at 11:46 #1 neviditelny neviditelny Associate Joined 15 Oct 2015 Posts 1,482 How would I do to clone a M.2 SSD? Is there cloning kits for them as with normal SSD's? Trying to help a friend who want to upgrade his 256GB M.2 SSD
How would I do to clone a M.2 SSD? Is there cloning kits for them as with normal SSD's? Trying to help a friend who want to upgrade his 256GB M.2 SSD
6 Aug 2017 at 13:58 #2 HoneyBadger HoneyBadger Soldato Joined 2 Aug 2016 Posts 4,985 Location Third Earth I don't think a cloning station exists yet, so it would depend if it's a sata or PCIE m.2 drive. If it's sata, you can buy adapters for about £10 which convert them into a 2.5" sata3 disk and you can clone them like a normal drive. It gets harder if it's a PCIE m.2, you'd need a motherboard with at least two m.2 sockets and again, use any disc cloning software to do it.
I don't think a cloning station exists yet, so it would depend if it's a sata or PCIE m.2 drive. If it's sata, you can buy adapters for about £10 which convert them into a 2.5" sata3 disk and you can clone them like a normal drive. It gets harder if it's a PCIE m.2, you'd need a motherboard with at least two m.2 sockets and again, use any disc cloning software to do it.
6 Aug 2017 at 16:44 #3 KIA KIA Man of Honour Joined 14 Nov 2004 Posts 13,871 Create an image instead of doing a direct clone.