yuunikkiJul 20, 2023

Easiest way to clone/transfer my current 500gb ssd to something bigger without losing all my data?

https://lemmy.world/post/1847462

Easiest way to clone/transfer my current 500gb ssd to something bigger without losing all my data? - Lemmy.world

Last time I tried cloning a drive it failed miserably and I was stuck doing everything manually and took forever

Show threadgabriele97Jul 20, 2023
Try using a specialized software like rclone (on Linux, idk if it is available on windows too)
Show threadyuunikki
I’m on windows
Jul 20, 2023 at 10:47amWeb
Show threadglimseJul 20, 2023

Robocopy

It’s built into windows and very handy

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/…/robocopy

Robocopy

Reference article for the robocopy command, which copies file data from one location to another.

Show threadKyuubiNoKitsuneJul 20, 2023
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.
Show threadglimseJul 20, 2023
Oh yeah good point. I was still sleepy when I commented and thought OP just wanted to copy the data