@yuunikki@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agoEasiest way to clone/transfer my current 500gb ssd to something bigger without losing all my data? (On Windows) message-square69fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareEasiest way to clone/transfer my current 500gb ssd to something bigger without losing all my data? (On Windows) @yuunikki@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • edit-21 year agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
Last time I tried cloning a drive it failed miserably and I was stuck doing everything manually and took forever
minus-square@gabriele97@lemmy.g97.toplinkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoTry using a specialized software like rsync (on Linux, idk if it is available on windows too)
minus-square@glimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoRobocopy It’s built into windows and very handy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
minus-squareKyuubiNoKitsunelinkfedilink1•1 year agoBut it won’t clone the volume, it’ll just make a copy of the data, all the partition tables etc will be left behind.
minus-square@glimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoOh yeah good point. I was still sleepy when I commented and thought OP just wanted to copy the data
Try using a specialized software like rsync (on Linux, idk if it is available on windows too)
I’m on windows
Robocopy
It’s built into windows and very handy
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
But it won’t clone the volume, it’ll just make a copy of the data, all the partition tables etc will be left behind.
Oh yeah good point. I was still sleepy when I commented and thought OP just wanted to copy the data