DATA TRENSFAR TO BIGGER DISK

[Miahflyer]

Hi!, I would like to find out what is the easy to use software to TRENSFAR all data from my almost full SSD M2 nMve drive to a larger drive of the same kind. Or a cloning software that you may have used.  So if you know of a good one then please kindly give me the LINK or name of it. Thanks.

[davidc2]

1 hour ago, Miahflyer said:

Hi!, I would like to find out what is the easy to use software to TRENSFAR all data from my almost full SSD M2 nMve drive to a larger drive of the same kind. Or a cloning software that you may have used.  So if you know of a good one then please kindly give me the LINK or name of it. Thanks.

I use this-  https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

 

Another wise user on this forum told me about it.  I use it for backup, scheduled backup of one of my main folders (get's done every day), it also does cloaning.

[danbiosca]

Hi, even if I completely assume macrium or any other 3rd party cloning software must work great, I wonder what's the need of it, when we have the 'Backup Image" tool natively in Windows.

 

I'd much appreciate any comments, thanks in advance.

[JSkorna]

So are you asking about backup software or software to move folders and files? Two different things.

[loki]

On 3/12/2023 at 4:59 PM, Miahflyer said:

Hi!, I would like to find out what is the easy to use software to TRENSFAR all data from my almost full SSD M2 nMve drive to a larger drive of the same kind. Or a cloning software that you may have used.  So if you know of a good one then please kindly give me the LINK or name of it. Thanks.

 

Who makes the SSDs? Many SSD makers have a free version of Acronis True Image for this purpose. A link is often provided in the box with the SSD.

[loki]

3 hours ago, danbiosca said:

Hi, even if I completely assume macrium or any other 3rd party cloning software must work great, I wonder what's the need of it, when we have the 'Backup Image" tool natively in Windows.

 

I'd much appreciate any comments, thanks in advance.

 

Those third party programs are better supported, have more features and typically work better. Microsoft doesn't really seem to care about Windows Backup Image feature at this point either as it's a little buried in the settings (I suspect they would rather you paid to use OneDrive for backing up your files).

[danbiosca]

1 hour ago, loki said:

 

Those third party programs are better supported, have more features and typically work better. Microsoft doesn't really seem to care about Windows Backup Image feature at this point either as it's a little buried in the settings (I suspect they would rather you paid to use OneDrive for backing up your files).

 

Sure you're right, but Windows Backup Image feature is perfectly valid to making a system's complete image on a USB drive, then swapping internal drives, then restoring the image on the new drive (provided it's of the same type as the original, only larger).

I've done that quite a few times.

[loki]

8 minutes ago, danbiosca said:

 

Sure you're right, but Windows Backup Image feature is perfectly valid to making a system's complete image on a USB drive, then swapping internal drives, then restoring the image on the new drive (provided it's of the same type as the original, only larger).

I've done that quite a few times.

 

Yes, it can be used that way, though Acronis (often included with drives these days) and other programs are usually easier to use and handle migrating to larger drives better.