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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:25 pm
by GORDON
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?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:37 pm
by TheCatt
Yes, you can clone.
I've been using EaseUS Clone Drive
Are you interested in one of my SSDs? 
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:07 pm
by GORDON
I forget what you were selling.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:18 am
by TheCatt
My <s>penis</s>. SSD hard drives? Other hard drives?
I think I have a 128, a 256, and a 512 SSD available.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:06 am
by GORDON
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:35 pm
by GORDON
Sent ya $, dog.
If sending USPS my addy is in the contact info thread.
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:14 pm
by GORDON
It's probably not possible to clone a 600GB RAID0 drive onto a 500GB SSD, is it..............................
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:48 pm
by TheCatt
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
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:53 pm
by GORDON
I thought a clone moved shit bit for bit to the same spot on the drive.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 9:57 pm
by TPRJones
Depends on the cloning software, presumably.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:01 pm
by GORDON
I reckon I'll give it a shot in the next few days.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:19 pm
by Malcolm
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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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:46 pm
by Alhazad
What kind of SSD did you get? My roommate seems to think only Intel has their shit together in that field.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:48 pm
by GORDON
Looks like a Samsung. The word on the outside of it says "Samsung" which is why I think that.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:16 pm
by Malcolm
Intel's solid. I've got Mushkin. Don't know about Crucial. Fuck PNY up the ass.
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:24 am
by TheCatt
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).
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:24 am
by TheCatt
I use Samsung drives, 840/850s. Some EVO, some pro, some regular. I've only had 1 fail, and they replaced it pretty quickly.