@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@yuunikki@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink1•1 year agoTried that, didn’t work. It fucked up my data
minus-squarendguardianAlink2•1 year agoI’m surprised by that. I’ve used it several times and it’s worked just fine.
minus-squareI_Miss_Daniellinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoThat’s rare. Perhaps use ddrescue on a mint or Ubuntu live cd / usb. It’ll duplicate the drive bit for bit. Or if you don’t want to learn this stuff, buy a Samsung SSD and use Samsung’s free but temperamental cloning app
Tried that, didn’t work. It fucked up my data
I’m surprised by that. I’ve used it several times and it’s worked just fine.
Sorry to hear that. It’s my go to.
That’s rare.
Perhaps use ddrescue on a mint or Ubuntu live cd / usb. It’ll duplicate the drive bit for bit.
Or if you don’t want to learn this stuff, buy a Samsung SSD and use Samsung’s free but temperamental cloning app