Software for cloning ssd

[gasolin]

I have bought 2 nvme pci e x2 ssd's and i want to run them i raid 0 since 2x480gb was much cheaper than buying the same ssd in the 960 gb version

 

I need to clone my drive c to the 2 ssd in radi 0 and i want some software that is free and easy to use, i have found these 2 ,but i don't know if they are good enough and easy to use

 

EaseUS Macrium Reflect 7

[homeap5]

Macrium Reflect is great and it's my recommendation (I clone dozens of systems using this software - fast and reliable). Download it with WinPE env (in Macrium Reflect downloader options). You can image and restore into bigger or smaller HDD/SSD, resizing partitions before restore etc. Everything without too many settings, just drag&drop.

After first run, create USB rescue media with it (program probably give you that option at first run) and made clone offline (with bootable USB).

In theory you can clone/image even working system, but based on my personal experience - I don't recommend that.

Best way is to made image first on some third HDD, then restore it into M.2.

 

Small advice - if you have your system already on SATA SSD, you don't get any speed improvement of loading system or your programs by using M.2 NVME (look at youtube). In that case I recommend leave system on SATA and use that M.2 RAID for heavy operations like video processing etc.

 

[gasolin]

I will use my current ssd for games so i can have more games installed. only have 141ish gb free space left and i do want to have more games installed including doom (75gb) i only have played and finished once.

 

Mabye just clone my current ssd to the 2 new ssd and than use my current ssd for additional games. 

 

In the begning it wil limited my space on the 2 new ssds  a bit but i could form time to time uninstall games and later install them on my  old "current"  ssd

 

Both ssd's are 1 tb more or less (new 2x480gb). I will of course use the fastest ssd for daily use since i should bennefit more from that than using it only for games.

 

later i think i would buy a 1 tb harddrive and clone my drive c (since it's raid 0) than it would only take me 5-10 min to install the harddrive if something happens to my 2 ssd's in raid 0. How do i do that best, just the same way as my new ssd's?

[homeap5]

I recommend to install games on m.2 raid and leave system on ssd. This gives you possibility to image just your system (as a backup) without imaging games (less space required) if you want to have backup of course.

[gasolin]

can't i do that with drive c on a raid 0?

[Salacious B Crum]

Check the website for your NVMe drive they should have cloning software for that drive, at least samsung and a few others offer it

[gasolin]

it's not samsung, it's kingston, samsung only works with sammsung ssd's

 

Im looking for free software

[homeap5]

I already tould you that Macrium Reflect is ok and is free.

I really don't know what do you want to do.

If you have one SSD for system (I assume is small - 120 or 240) and you have two NVMe drives and want them as raid0, then in my opinion you can leave system on SSD and just install all your games on NVMe drives. Or you can do opposite - clone SSD to NVMe and use SSD for games. It's really your choice.

 

You can try image your SSD, restore into NVMe and see if you see any difference in boot speed etc.

 

But I always prefer to have small system+programs drive without all games etc. installed on it. It's easier to backup/image whole system and restore if needed.

[gasolin]

It say Acronis True HD cloning software comes with the ssd's

 

I have a big ssd

 

I want the cloning software to be able to clone my ssd on to 2 nvme ssds in raid 0 and if possible back up the entire drive c if i buy a 1tb harddrive for extra security, then it would only take me 5-10 min to get up and going if something happens to the raid 0 (1 tb harddrive isn't that expensive)

[homeap5]

I give you answer. If you know better and only want confirmation, then maybe someone say that Acronis is the best.

I recommend Macrium Reflect and I already said everything I want.

 

In 2 hours from my first answer (and 4 from your first question) you should have cloned your system already and testing. What exactly do you waiting for? Clone system doesn't wipe your old SSD, you may test it without any risk.

[gasolin]

haven't gotten the ssd's, expecting them to arrive tomorrow

 

[homeap5]

So at least download Macrium Reflect, install and see how it works. Build USB bootable etc.

[Salacious B Crum]

2 hours ago, gasolin said:

it's not samsung, it's kingston, samsung only works with sammsung ssd's

 

Im looking for free software

Right that's why I suggested to go to their website

[gasolin]

2 hours ago, homeap5 said:

I recommend to install games on m.2 raid and leave system on ssd. This gives you possibility to image just your system (as a backup) without imaging games (less space required) if you want to have backup of course.

 

I get the idea of not having my games on the same drive as the drive c 

 

I did that when i had 2 ssd, for now im 99.9% shure i have to clone my ssd to the new sdd's with the games and then drag,copie them over to the gaming ssd's + the additional games i want to have installed.

 

Can someone tell me if i can clone a raid 0 to a harddrive so it's not in raid or is cloned in raid 0?

[TigerClaw]

I also recommend Macrium Reflect. Its a useful tool to make backups of your OS drive. And it lets you create a bootable USB. Which you can use to restore an image of the OS drive onto a bigger SSD in the future.

[homeap5]

Raid should not be a problem. Is transparent and it shoild be treated as single, normal drive by programs.

[gasolin]

[gasolin]

Im soooo lost

 

Macriurn Reflect i can't clone my drive c because i can only chose 1 ssd and i want to use 2 ssd in raid 0, backup 800gb on a 447gb ssd is not possible  and why would i 

 

I can't install my drive c on 2 ssd's if i have to take backup of my drive c and use one of my new ssd to store it

 

If i use google i can only find how 2 clone a raid 0 to 1 ssd i don't need to know that i need to know how to clone 1 ssd to 2 ssd's in raid 0

 

I did found this but it dosen't seem easy for me to do cloning-current-ssd-w-os-2-new-ssds-raid-0

 

I need it to be stupidly easy to do, chose a drive  to be cloned (to 2 ssd's in raid 0), chose drive,ssd(s) if 2 is chosen i should be able to choose raid 0 or 1, clone

 

Done, all i have to do is chose prefered boot drive in the bios

[Salacious B Crum]

Can't you create your array call it c then clone your drive?

[gasolin]

can't call it drive c, i already have a drive c

 

If i try to make them into one ssd it becomes dynamic and you can have windows on a dynamic ssd 

 

if i set it op in the bios i can't boot into windows 10

 

I don't know what to do, i can't just get a 1 tb nvme ssd they are much more expensive than what i payed

[gasolin]

going 1x 1tb for games and 1 x 480gb nvme for drive c windows 10

 

Copie games over to 1 of the 480gb nvme

 

clone drive c to the other nvme 

 

Than when all works format my 1tb samung ssd and put games from the nvme ssd on it

 

Then i have a nvme with windows and one with games, the nvme with games i wil delete and return or just sell

 

End result 1x480gb nvme x2 with  windows 10 and 1tb for games

 

How do i copy,drag my games over to the other ssd most painless with my game data still working on my drive c?