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- Nov 16, 2004
I don't know if anybody has any experience with imaging an M.2 drive. I just purchased a SAMSUNG 950 PRO M.2 512GB earlier today and it will arrive tomorrow.
I have used Acronis for several years at previous jobs, but I do not want to pay for a license for something I will seldom use. I have boot discs still of the Acronis software, but I do not want to image through bootable media unless I absolutely have to. I am a big fan of easy to use GUIs that'll work within Windows.
I need to be able to create an image from my current boot drive to copy over when my M.2 comes. The only concern I have is that the imaging software will be unable to work with the M.2, so I am hoping someone who sees this has used a piece of free imaging software that is generally easy to use and has the ability to write to an M.2 drive without any issues.
The other thing I am trying to wrap my head around is if it is even possible to clone your boot drive to another drive WHILE you're currently running it. It's been so long since it has been necessary for me to do this for myself that I just don't remember if it is possible. I have been using CloneZilla at work and personally I'm not a fan, but it gets the job done.
Any advice someone could offer though would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
If not, I guess I'll be trying out a few I found through google and will be hoping for the best!
I have used Acronis for several years at previous jobs, but I do not want to pay for a license for something I will seldom use. I have boot discs still of the Acronis software, but I do not want to image through bootable media unless I absolutely have to. I am a big fan of easy to use GUIs that'll work within Windows.
I need to be able to create an image from my current boot drive to copy over when my M.2 comes. The only concern I have is that the imaging software will be unable to work with the M.2, so I am hoping someone who sees this has used a piece of free imaging software that is generally easy to use and has the ability to write to an M.2 drive without any issues.
The other thing I am trying to wrap my head around is if it is even possible to clone your boot drive to another drive WHILE you're currently running it. It's been so long since it has been necessary for me to do this for myself that I just don't remember if it is possible. I have been using CloneZilla at work and personally I'm not a fan, but it gets the job done.
Any advice someone could offer though would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
If not, I guess I'll be trying out a few I found through google and will be hoping for the best!