So what's new in drive cloning?

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:25 pm

I haven't done it in over a decade.

If I bought a SSD drive, could I plug it in, clone my current boot drive, pull the current boot drive, and just boot up from the new SSD drive?

Or would I basically need a fresh install on the SSD?

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:37 pm

Yes, you can clone.

I've been using EaseUS Clone Drive

Are you interested in one of my SSDs?

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:07 pm

I forget what you were selling.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:18 am

My <s>penis</s>. SSD hard drives? Other hard drives?

I think I have a 128, a 256, and a 512 SSD available.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:06 am

I was looking at this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148946

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:35 pm

Sent ya $, dog.

If sending USPS my addy is in the contact info thread.

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Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:14 pm

It's probably not possible to clone a 600GB RAID0 drive onto a 500GB SSD, is it..............................

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:48 pm

GORDON wrote:It's probably not possible to clone a 600GB RAID0 drive onto a 500GB SSD, is it..............................

If you are not using the 600GB it is

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:53 pm

I thought a clone moved shit bit for bit to the same spot on the drive.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:57 pm

Depends on the cloning software, presumably.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:01 pm

I reckon I'll give it a shot in the next few days.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:19 pm

GORDON wrote:I thought a clone moved shit bit for bit to the same spot on the drive.

A cloner guarantees your data integrity 100%. However it does that is up to it. Copying a shitty, defrag'd sector is stupid, so it might optimize or use other tricks.

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Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:46 pm

What kind of SSD did you get? My roommate seems to think only Intel has their shit together in that field.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:48 pm

Looks like a Samsung. The word on the outside of it says "Samsung" which is why I think that.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:16 pm

Intel's solid. I've got Mushkin. Don't know about Crucial. Fuck PNY up the ass.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:24 am

GORDON wrote:I thought a clone moved shit bit for bit to the same spot on the drive.

Depends. EaseUS can clone to a smaller drive, as long as there is enough unused space for it to fit (plus some margin, iirc).

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:24 am

I use Samsung drives, 840/850s. Some EVO, some pro, some regular. I've only had 1 fail, and they replaced it pretty quickly.