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m15 R2, how to clone to 2x1TB NVMe drive?
Hello,
I have a Laptop Alienware m15 R2. How do I clone the NVMe Raid 0 512 (2x256GB) to a new Samsung 970 Pro NVMe 2TB (2x1TB each)?
The specs are:
I bought two Samsung 970 pro 1 tb each, and i want to clone my current drive array that it is in Raid0 (2x256), to the new NVME drives, does anyone know how to do this ?, i have inthe past clone NVME ssd but only one drive, not in RAID two drives.
I have search and found information on how to do a clean install from a USB, but i will need to install everything.
I have tried looking for hardware to clone NVME drives but the one i found is too expensive:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G5MHBW1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3UW28G9WPPLAW&psc=1
Can anyone help me with this problem, or if you know hardware that can clone this RAID 0 NVME too the new ones, i will really apreciate it.
Regards,
Ramses
jphughan
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July 17th, 2020 18:00
@Ramses jr Macrium Reflect can do this, and the Free version would be fine for your purposes. You'd just install it, use its Rescue Media Builder to create bootable Rescue Media, which should include any necessary RAID driver automatically, then boot your PC from that Rescue Media to get your system up and running. If you have an external hard drive (which you should, since a RAID 0 increases your risk of data loss, so hopefully you're backing up your data), the easiest way to do this would probably be to capture an image backup of your current RAID 0 setup and then restore it onto your new SSDs instead of performing a direct clone from source to target. So basically:
Ramses jr
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July 17th, 2020 18:00
thanks i will try it, and let you know the results.
Regards
Ramsés
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July 17th, 2020 19:00
Hopefully the software works for you.
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July 26th, 2020 22:00
@Ramses jr Excellent, and thanks for reporting back! Glad it all worked.
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July 26th, 2020 22:00
Hello,
I finally got the courage to do it, after reading alot how to use Macrium Software, the Alienware Bios, checking how to set the new RAID 0 properly, finally today i followed all your steps, and everything works just fine.
I really apreciate all your help, the instructions are spot on, everything works as you describe them.
you are a real pro.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Ramses
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July 27th, 2020 07:00
Great Job!