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@redhouse

now for $277 but i bought it $308
bought this @ Amazon because m.2 seem to be better than Sata SSD
if u dont mind the warranty

and also if ur mobo support M B key slot u can consider this

Spoiler

if not u need PCIE adapter

 

[eric3743]

Thanks for the heads up. When you guys talk about the recovery partition, you mean the partition that usually comes with pre-built PCs right? Where you can restore your Windows from if anything happens. If so, I don't have it. Do you guys know if Windows System Image backup is good enough tool to "clone"? I am thinking of just using that, then booting to Windows recovery using USB stick, and restore my Windows.

Please do be aware that Windows System Image backup is to create an image first and not clone.
This is 2 step process where an image is create first to another drive.
The 2nd step is the Windows recovery option to recover using that image from drive to new SSD.

Refer > How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 7, 8, or 10

Whereas other cloning software would be direct cloning as in 1 step process.

 

[redhouse]

It works well enough. I image my C: drive regularly and have restored from system images before without problem.

Ok, because I already have an image on hand, so should be quite fast to restore.

@redhouse
now for $277 but i bought it $308
bought this @ Amazon because m.2 seem to be better than Sata SSD
if u dont mind the warranty

and also if ur mobo support M B key slot u can consider this
if not u need PCIE adapter

Over my budget man.

Please do be aware that Windows System Image backup is to create an image first and not clone.
This is 2 step process where an image is create first to another drive.
The 2nd step is the Windows recovery option to recover using that image from drive to new SSD.

Refer > How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 7, 8, or 10

Whereas other cloning software would be direct cloning as in 1 step process.

Yep I'm aware of it.

 

[Phen8210]

Reliability is depending on your luck really. You can buy a Samsung and spoil, but buy a cheapass WD Green and last through your life.

Crucial MX500 matches the performance of Samsung 860 Evo, so that's pretty good.

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i am glad seagate wasn't mentioned

 

[Phen8210]

@redhouse

now for $277 but i bought it $308
bought this @ Amazon because m.2 seem to be better than Sata SSD
if u dont mind the warranty

and also if ur mobo support M B key slot u can consider this

if not u need PCIE adapter

m2 failure rate is higher.. if size is not a concern just go with usual sata ssd.

 

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m2 failure rate is higher.. if size is not a concern just go with usual sata ssd.

SATA came with the casing...as u can see from the video the SSD is just small board with sata connector...similar like buying sata enclosure for 2.5 inch HDD.......it trap the heat.......u can't mod it e.g fix adapter with fan...once u disassemble it warranty is void

For M.2 it is expose version using M key or B,M key where u can put it m.2 slot or PCI-E....never trap the heat.......u can use PCI-E Adapter with Fan where u can mod it with warranty is covered

so i dont think M.2 fail rate is higher unless u got something to proof it

 

[ragnarok95]

Doesn't matter. Some of the M2 SSD location isn't so ideal too, esp those below your graphic card and is tanking all the heat from your GPU or those behind the mobo.

That said, this is not an issue. Just as what you claim that heat will trap inside the Sata SSD enclosure, which is also not an issue.

 

[evq]

One of my friend recently bought a 1TB Samsung EVO 860 SSD to clone his Yoga 510 laptop running Windows10 Home. I wasn't the one doing the cloning and I've never use Samsung software for cloning, either Acronis or Clonezilla, never encounter any problem this far. He (trying to learn drive cloning) told me, the recovery partition wasn't clone to the EVO 860 SSD, only the C system drive.

True or user problem?

I cloned many laptop hdd to ssd with Acronis, no issue. All partitions cloned over including the factory recovery.

 

[watzup_ken]

That said, this is not an issue. Just as what you claim that heat will trap inside the Sata SSD enclosure, which is also not an issue.

Good SATA drives tend to come with thermal pad on the SSD controller so that heat can be passed on to the metal enclosure for cooling, although not all comes with a metal enclosure. At least I am sure that the enclosure is metal for the MX500.

 

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Good SATA drives tend to come with thermal pad on the SSD controller so that heat can be passed on to the metal enclosure for cooling, although not all comes with a metal enclosure. At least I am sure that the enclosure is metal for the MX500.

Like this

Some even use plastic casing such as Sandisk

 

[watzup_ken]

Some even use plastic casing such as Sandisk

Those are the lower end ones. I believe the Sandisk Pro SSDs should come with metal enclosure as well.

 

[Ark Law]

Hi, thanks for the confirmation. I know what to do when he visit me on Monday.

Weird, I never encounter such problem cloning HDD to HDD/SSD using Acronis or Clonezilla be it desktop or laptop. Whatever partitions in the source drive will be clone over to the destination drive and boot up perfectly after swapping the drive.

Just to chime in on cloning software. I tried using clonezilla to clone an existing 256GB ssd to a 250GB ssd. But clonezilla won't allow cloning to a smaller drive capacity, even with -icds option. Would have to manually adjust the OS partition size in order to allow that. Acronis requires paid version for cloning, so ended up with AOMEI Backupper and Macrium Reflect.

The former's free version allows disk cloning but locks OS drive cloning to paid version. Macrium allows both for free version. Initially would throw insufficient space, but it conveniently allows manual partition size mapping. Simple tweak of OS partition from 228 to 223GB.

So Macrium would be my go-to for now. Thanks all for sharing about Samsung Magician failing to clone over recovery/OEM partition. Learnt some important stuff today

 

[Phen8210]

SATA came with the casing...as u can see from the video the SSD is just small board with sata connector...similar like buying sata enclosure for 2.5 inch HDD.......it trap the heat.......u can't mod it e.g fix adapter with fan...once u disassemble it warranty is void

For M.2 it is expose version using M key or B,M key where u can put it m.2 slot or PCI-E....never trap the heat.......u can use PCI-E Adapter with Fan where u can mod it with warranty is covered

so i dont think M.2 fail rate is higher unless u got something to proof it

You need to work with computers more often then you will realize it, there's a lot more than just research posted on internet as proof.. and find the reason behind it.

m2 sata, m2 nvme are not that common yet its noticable that these drives have shorter live span. this is not my perception or theory.. this is my own experience.

I can't reveal my company data anyway.. most people here are very knowledgeable but unable to provide private data.. hope you understand.

https://photographylife.com/m-2-nvme-drive-overheating-failure