[SOLVED] Can't clone 512 cluster size hard drive to 4k cluster size SSD.

[BHeaton]

Hello everyone,

I recently decided to upgrade the storage in my rig from a 1 TB WD Blue HDD to two 1 TB Samsung 860 EVOs in raid 0. The HDD is not my boot drive, I have a separate m.2 for that.

My original plan was to simply clone over the HDD to the new drives but quickly realized that cloning cannot take place between the HDD's cluster size of 512, and the SSds' size of 4k. I then tried imaging the drive and recovering it onto the new ones, same issue.

I am hoping to avoid formatting the SSDs in 512.

Storage disks are not my forte, so I decided it would be best to get advice here before mucking about with 1 TB of personal data.

Are there any ways to get around this cluster size dilemma, are there any solutions that have not come to my mind, or should I just start the tedious process of choosing which files to move by hand?

Thank you for any advice provided

 

[USAFRet]

1. Did you try the Samsung Data Migration tool?
2. Why avoiding formatting the SSD? It will be wiped anyway in the clone process.

 

[BHeaton]

Thank you for the quick response

1. I have, the software only lets me select my boot drive as the source drive (may be because my boot drive is also Samsung) and when selecting the target drive, it recognizes the raid array as two distinct drives.

2. There is no data on the SSD yet, I have read that there is a performance loss in lowering cluster size. I am also worried about future compatibility.
My view on lowering the cluster size is certainly not cemented.

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the quick response

1. I have, the software only lets me select my boot drive as the source drive (may be because my boot drive is also Samsung) and when selecting the target drive, it recognizes the raid array as two distinct drives.

2. There is no data on the SSD yet, I have read that there is a performance loss in lowering cluster size. I am also worried about future compatibility.
My view on lowering the cluster size is certainly not cemented.

You're trying to migrate this into a RAID array?
WHY????

RAID 0 with SSD is almost universally not needed.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html


And if you wish to keep on this RAID 0 path, you can't clone into that.

 

[USAFRet]

...before mucking about with 1 TB of personal data.

And this needs a backup anyway. Migration or no migration

 

[BHeaton]

You're trying to migrate this into a RAID array?
WHY????

RAID 0 with SSD is almost universally not needed.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html


And if you wish to keep on this RAID 0 path, you can't clone into that.

I inherited one of the SSDs and needed a capacity upgrade so I bought another. SSD pricing has changed quite a bit since the article and now, one 2 TB SSD is virtually the same price as two 1 TB.

Would it be possible to clone one of the SSDs with Samsung's software, then put them in RAID?

 

[USAFRet]

I inherited one of the SSDs and needed a capacity upgrade so I bought another. SSD pricing has changed quite a bit since the article and now, one 2 TB SSD is virtually the same price as two 1 TB.

Would it be possible to clone one of the SSDs with Samsung's software, then put them in RAID?

No. Building the RAID will wipe out what is on it.

1TB+ 1TB + RAID 0 = 2TB space.
1TB+ 1TB + no RAID 0 = 2TB space.

You're not gaining any actual space.
Just add the second drive, and use it for other things.

RAID 0 just adds complexity and fail potential.

 

[BHeaton]

No. Building the RAID will wipe out what is on it.

1TB+ 1TB + RAID 0 = 2TB space.
1TB+ 1TB + no RAID 0 = 2TB space.

You're not gaining any actual space.
Just add the second drive, and use it for other things.

RAID 0 just adds complexity and fail potential.

I believe with Intel RSTe you are able to keep data on one drive. But at this point regardless of whether or not I use raid I still cannot clone to an SSD with the respective cluster sizes.

 

[USAFRet]

I believe with Intel RSTe you are able to keep data on one drive. But at this point regardless of whether or not I use raid I still cannot clone to an SSD with the respective cluster sizes.

Try it with the Samsung tool, and one drive.