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-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up156arrow-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-square57fedilinkfile-text
Last time I tried cloning a drive it failed miserably and I was stuck doing everything manually and took forever
minus-squaregabriele97@lemmy.g97.toplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoTry using a specialized software like rsync (on Linux, idk if it is available on windows too)
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoRobocopy It’s built into windows and very handy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
minus-squareKyuubiNoKitsune@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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)
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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