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Hi all,

I have just bought a new 2TB NVME drive and need to move the current DCS installation to the new drive.

do you recommend installing the new drive first and then get an external enclosure for the old NVME to transfer DCS from it? 
or a different procedure? 
 

thanks for the help! 

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In my opinion the easiest way is to clone your current drive onto the new, here is a guide using the free version of a well known software:

 

https://www.diskpart.com/clone/clone-nvme-ssd-3690.html

 

 

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Thank you! 

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@AstroEma - i agree with @Rudel_chw. this is what i did to my system. i purchased a new 4 TB drive and a USB cradle because my 2 TB was getting close. in my case i used acronis that i already owned. i was able to clone the drive while running in about 1 hour. windows will not even know it happened except for a new device.

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Thank you again. 

How long does it normally take. I have downloaded AOMEI Partition Standard and it tells me 3h.39 but then during the operation the Mb copied are incredibly slow (10 Mb in 3 minutes or something like that)

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3 minutes ago, AstroEma said:

Thank you again. 

How long does it normally take. I have downloaded AOMEI Partition Standard and it tells me 3h.39 but then during the operation the Mb copied are incredibly slow (10 Mb in 3 minutes or something like that)

how is new drive connected? that does sound slow.

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It can take a while, depends a lot on what interfaces are you using for the drives, here is more info:

 

https://www.diskpart.com/clone/cloning-hard-drive-takes-forever-1503.html

 

 

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OP, is the drive your Windows drive too? (You didn't specify). If not, there is really no need to clone anything, unless you want the partition to be identical for some reason or another. Just copy DCS folder to the new drive.

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I am connected via USB-C. 

I understand about the no need to clone for DCS. I am making a run for the future when I'll clone the main windows SSD. 

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35 minutes ago, AstroEma said:

I am connected via USB-C. 


the theoretical speed of usb 3.2 is 10 Gbps, while the nvme drive is 24 Gbps, so it will take longer than if both drives were connected to the pci bus, but it should work, it will take a while tough.

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6 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:


the theoretical speed of usb 3.2 is 10 Gbps, while the nvme drive is 24 Gbps, so it will take longer than if both drives were connected to the pci bus, but it should work, it will take a while tough.

Yeah, that was my point I forgot to mentioned. If there is a spare slot on the mainboard, it will be quicker to insert the drive there, or even get card with slots. 

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