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November 10th, 2024 00:28
Replacing NVMe System Disk -- 3 Questions
I want to clone my current 500-GB NVME C: drive to a larger one. questions:
1) Can I use a replacement drive with its own heat sink?
2) I ran across Dell software that apparently can handle this but failed to bookmark it. what is it called, how do I get it, and will it actually make a bootable clone? (Manual says my tower has two NVME slots, so I figure i could load the new drive in the second slot, clone to it, then move new disk to the other slot.)
3) Before I lost this software, I tried using it to image the drive to an external SSD. It droned on for hours, while the indicated remaining time kept increasing! what was going wrong?
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ejn63
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November 10th, 2024 00:47
1. If you mean a SSD with a factory installed heatsink and for your desktop system, yes.
2. Macrium Reflect is among the easiest of these utilities to use.
3. No way to advise without knowing the specifics of the software you were using.
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November 10th, 2024 18:05
@ejn63 Thanks.
The software was on a Dell support page -- I found it again this morning:
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000197685/how-to-use-supportassist-os-recovery-disk-cloning
But it says it does not apply to my Precision 3640.
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November 12th, 2024 11:59
You can use Macrium as mentioned, other alternatives are Paragon Hard Disk Manager, Easeus ToDo Backup, Acronis has a tool too, Aomei backupper, etc . Personally I used Veeam to backup/incremental backup and then restore on a new boot drive.
Based on the new nvme brand, some brands do offer free tools that work as long as one of the drives is from their brand, too
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