How to clone hdd to sdd m.2

gooober · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:28

Hi all, I brought a m.2 and just curious how you go about cloning it. What kinda programs are yiu using and about the partitioning. I did watch a video on YouTube and he said about if the drive is bigger with nothing on it it will leave a empty partition on it. He said to be careful about deleting it and I was just confused to as why if its empty partition?

gooober · 26 Jan 2021 at 19:45

Lustral said:
Arconis True Image does it all for you automatically including resizing to use the max size

i did a move from 1Tb drive to 2Tb, without issue at all.

Ok, well I currently have 1tb and got a 1tb m.2 I guess it should be fine then . How long does it normally take I hav only got about 500gb being used at the moment.

gooober · 27 Jan 2021 at 10:01

Lustral said:
Is your source 1Tb a mechanical drive or something ? It might take a while if it is. If it is solid state to solid state then it should be a lot quicker.

Sorry its a 2tb mechanical drive. So I guess its going to take a while ? Are we talking 4 hours or more? And can you leave it running over night while sleeping or is there buttons you have to press at certain times?

gooober · 27 Jan 2021 at 19:20

Lustral said:
Yeah depending on how full that mech drive is , it will take a fair few hours. You can leave it overnight if needed.

I think that's what I will do then, don't want to be sat around all day waiting on it haha. Thanks for your help!