dbestinfla Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Greetings, I needed to increase my storage so I purchased a larger SSD M.2 NvME, but my rig only has 1 slot and is being used as the main. So I bought this adapter (see attachment) and thought, just copy and paste C DRIVE to D DRIVE (external). WRONG. Then I thought CLONING. Tried downloading cloning programs, going thru all the set-ups, FREE is not FREE anymore. My computer skills when it comes to details such as this are slow. What I want to do is copy the entire existing C DRIVE (SSD M.2 500GB) to a new bigger SSD 1TB which is my D DRIVE now, then when complete, swap out the old SSD with new SSD in the original internal slot. Do I need to do a fresh install of WINDOWS first using my product key? Please help this old NAVY retired Catapult and Arresting Gear operator out. Much thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC_Official Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 easiest way to do it is cloning software (I use acronis) MC suppsed to have a free version https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree Other than that, does the manufacturer of the drive have any free cloning programs No more pre-orders Click here for tutorials for using Virpil Hardware and Software Click here for Virpil Flight equipment dimensions and pictures. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcroft Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Seagate have their own software that will allow you to copy the drive https://www.seagate.com/au/en/support/internal-hard-drives/ssd/firecuda-520-ssd/#downloads Otherwise there are free software like Easeus partition manager free or Aomei Partition Assistant i9 10900X & 5700XT VPC WarBRD, TM F18C, VPC Alpha, VPC T50CM2 Throttle, TM TFRP Pedals, Oculus Rift S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sr. Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Did you specify this new device as boot in BIOS? Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 64GB DDR4 3600| MSI RTX 4080 16GB Ventus 3X OC | Samsung 970 Evo 2TB NVME | HP Reverb G2 | DIY Head Tracker Cap | Logitech X-56 throttle | VKB NXT Premium | Win 11 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbestinfla Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 I want to thank you for the info. It worked. It made an exact clone but made a D and E drive. The clone went t D and the remaining 497 GB turned into E drive. Maybe when I switch SSD internally it will all be C drive Thank you again for the info. You guys are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglewings Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Hello, I am in a similar crossroad here. My 16g ram and 1tb crucial m.2 nvme storage just arrived today. Upgrading ram from 16g to 32g with the newly arrived ram. I already have a 500g SSD drive that has windows, other steam games and dcs world installed. Have like 136g remaining and I think this is approaching ultimately working limit for the ssd considering my plans to get the Syria map. I am considering copying only dcs world to the new 1tb M.2 drive. Also possibly install the upcoming civil flight simulator from Microsoft in August here too. Would there be any drawback having windows in the SSD drive and dcs world in the new m. 2 nvme drive? Windows 10 Pro 64bit|Ryzen 5600 @3.8Ghz|EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 Ultra|Corair vengence 32G DDR4 @3200mhz|MSI B550|Thrustmaster Flightstick| Virpil CM3 Throttle| Thrustmaster TFRP Rudder Pedal /Samsung Odyssey Plus Headset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC_Official Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Benchmark the drives, my SSD is about 550MB/s my NVME M.2 is 2962MB/s ..... big difference No more pre-orders Click here for tutorials for using Virpil Hardware and Software Click here for Virpil Flight equipment dimensions and pictures. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holbeach Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 @ Eaglewings. I have O/S, DCS stable, FSX, BMS on SSD 500. Railworks on 2 nd SSD 500. DCS OBeta,. on nvme 250. Loads about 2x speed of SSD. Everything runs smooth. No downside that I can see. .. I7 2600K @ 3.8, CoolerMaster 212X, EVGA GTX 1070 8gb. RAM 16gb Corsair, 1kw PSU. 2 x WD SSD. 1 x Samsung M2 NVMe. 3 x HDD. Saitek X-52. Saitek Pro Flight pedals. CH Flight Sim yoke. TrackIR 5. Win 10 Pro. IIyama 1080p. MSAA x 2, SSAA x 1.5. Settings High. Harrier/Spitfire/Beaufighter/The Channel, fanboy.. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudikoff Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Benchmark the drives, my SSD is about 550MB/s my NVME M.2 is 2962MB/s ..... big difference Big difference only in such sequential read benchmarks, not in any real world scenarios. To the OP, maybe this tool can help you: https://www.ubackup.com/clone/ssd-cloning-freeware-4348.html#:~:text=Best%20free%20SSD%20cloning%20software%20-%20AOMEI%20Backupper%20Standard,from%20one%20disk%20to%20another. i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitMaster Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Big difference only in such sequential read benchmarks, not in any real world scenarios. To the OP, maybe this tool can help you: https://www.ubackup.com/clone/ssd-cloning-freeware-4348.html#:~:text=Best%20free%20SSD%20cloning%20software%20-%20AOMEI%20Backupper%20Standard,from%20one%20disk%20to%20another. That solely depends on what you define as real world scenario. When it comes to heavy I/O a NVMe SSD has a clear advantage over Sata3 SSD, for example virtual machine's consolidation tasks ( defrag, compact, etc. the virtual disks ), also when installing big patches or upgrades/installs. For example, take a fast modern CPU and install Win10 on Sata and then do the same on NVMe, there is a real gain. Or run multiple VM's off a Sata and then NVMe SSD, you will notice a difference. I admit, for games it makes not much sense for now but that may change as games get bigger and bigger. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Asus 1080ti EK-waterblock - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus PG278Q 27" QHD Gsync 144Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaglewings Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 @ Eaglewings. I have O/S, DCS stable, FSX, BMS on SSD 500. Railworks on 2 nd SSD 500. DCS OBeta,. on nvme 250. Loads about 2x speed of SSD. Everything runs smooth. No downside that I can see. ..Thanks Holbeach. I went with disk-cloning the old 500g to the new 1tb. Everything working seamlessly with limited test so far. Noticing some good performance issue in vr after the upgrades. Windows 10 Pro 64bit|Ryzen 5600 @3.8Ghz|EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 Ultra|Corair vengence 32G DDR4 @3200mhz|MSI B550|Thrustmaster Flightstick| Virpil CM3 Throttle| Thrustmaster TFRP Rudder Pedal /Samsung Odyssey Plus Headset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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