Barton 1,094 Posted April 8, 2020 Report Share Posted April 8, 2020 My SSD is a bit on the skinny side when it comes to storage capacity. 225GB isn't a whole lot in these days. Any suggestions? Is cloning a drive easy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
US103_Tobin 2,252 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 I've used Samsung's drive cloning software and it worked well at that time. Might need to check things out afterwards in Windows drive management to see if you end up with unallocated space that needs to be appended to your new, bigger drive. Back then, seems like I used some kind of USB to SATA adapter cable to make it easier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Britchot 2,564 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 I recommend getting another SSD and keeping the one you have now, loaded with the OS. =GenMarkof007= 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
US103_Tobin 2,252 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 10 hours ago, Britchot said: I recommend getting another SSD and keeping the one you have now, loaded with the OS. +1 Yes, the cloning thing is most necessary when you you're moving from an old magnetic drive to an SSD. You can just move everything except Windows to your new drive, then install all future programs on your new drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barton 1,094 Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 I found a couple 1TB SSDs on Amazon for about $110. I will probably just buy that and port all my games and other software to that. Thanks guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
=GenMarkof007= 886 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 12 hours ago, Britchot said: I recommend getting another SSD and keeping the one you have now, loaded with the OS. S! I'm like Britchot about having a SSD just for window and the other one for the games! I also added a physical 2TB for my Mods and all skins that I work or need for games. Cheers, Gen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Britchot 2,564 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, Barton said: I found a couple 1TB SSDs on Amazon for about $110. I will probably just buy that and port all my games and other software to that. Thanks guys Make sure you either have, or order, a SATA or (if your board and new drive support it) an NVMe cable. Most SSDs do not ship with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barton 1,094 Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 I think I have an extra sata cable. I ended up just getting a 500 GB SSD. Should be plenty and they were half the price. Snaggle and =GenMarkof007= 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
US103_Tobin 2,252 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Barton said: Should be plenty famous last words.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barton 1,094 Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, Luftritter said: famous last words.... Lol Right Snaggle 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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