Cloning an NVMe drive - no screw

spudbynight · 29 Aug 2023 at 11:23

I've got a 1TB NVMe drive in my personal computer. I've got 2 M.2 slots on the motherboard. Unfortunately I lost the screw for the second slot.

I want to clone my 1TB drive onto a 2TB drive and then get rid of the 1TB drive. Is using a bit of sellotape to hold it in place for the time it takes to clone the drive a bad idea?

Mcnumpty2323 · 29 Aug 2023 at 11:43

As long as no components
Near the end of it
And you're careful probably OK

Or lay the pc on its side
The m2 should stay in the slot
Without the screw
Just it won't lay flat

spudbynight · 1 Sep 2023 at 14:29

Mcnumpty2323 said:
As long as no components
Near the end of it
And you're careful probably OK

Or lay the pc on its side
The m2 should stay in the slot
Without the screw
Just it won't lay flat

Cheers, my motherboard is flat normally as it is in a cube case.

andy_mk3 · 1 Sep 2023 at 14:37

Tape will be no issue at all.

theforce · 3 Sep 2023 at 21:36

Put the PC on its side and add a small CPU cooler on the nvme drive to keep it down. Serves as heatsink + temporary screw replacement.

Armageus · 4 Sep 2023 at 15:12

Blutack

InkZ · 6 Sep 2023 at 10:07

yeah just weigh it down on it's side

Noughtboy · 27 Sep 2023 at 11:41

theforce said:
Put the PC on its side and add a small CPU cooler on the nvme drive to keep it down. Serves as heatsink + temporary screw replacement.

Genius idea. You should market it

hyperseven · 27 Sep 2023 at 11:53

use wood screws, it was good enough for Nvidia Fermi

*do not use wood screws

Mcnumpty2323 · 3 Oct 2023 at 10:06

Lol
Wouldn't be first time I used
Wood or plasterboard screws
To put a fan onto a heatsink