Cloning a 2.5" ssd to a PCIe ssd

[xUntamedInferno]

I would really like to upgrade to an Intel 750 SSD, but I am wondering if I can clone my 2.5" SSD to it. If this is possible what would be the best way to do this? Right now I have a cloning device that can work with traditional hard drive and SSDs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[The Original Ralph]

i would check on the intel forums to see if the intel data migration software will do it - i know samsung's will as i just used it to clone two different sata SSDs to the 950 PRO NVMe SSD (two different systems. But samsung's software will only support samsung SSDs, ie the target drive has to be samsung

but it is possible - with the sammy software, after the cloning, the 950 PRO boot first time, no issues - the source drive had been "taken offline due to signature collision" - which i suspect was because the samsung named the partitions in the 950 PRO with the same letter identifiers as the orig source drive, ie "C", "D" etc

some folks have reported success using Macrium Reflect to clone from their orig OS drive to the 950 PRO, which means it also should work for the intel 750 - there is a freeware version on their web - give it a try

 

[xUntamedInferno]

i would check on the intel forums to see if the intel data migration software will do it - i know samsung's will as i just used it to clone two different sata SSDs to the 950 PRO NVMe SSD (two different systems. But samsung's software will only support samsung SSDs, ie the target drive has to be samsung

but it is possible - with the sammy software, after the cloning, the 950 PRO boot first time, no issues - the source drive had been "taken offline due to signature collision" - which i suspect was because the samsung named the partitions in the 950 PRO with the same letter identifiers as the orig source drive, ie "C", "D" etc

some folks have reported success using Macrium Reflect to clone from their orig OS drive to the 950 PRO, which means it also should work for the intel 750 - there is a freeware version on their web - give it a try

I will have to look into that a little more thank you for the advice! This may be a little off topic, but how does the 950 PRO compare to the Intel 750 in your opinion?

 

[The Original Ralph]

that i can't say i'm literate enough as some of these folks to respond totally intelligently - i'm told and have read the 950 PRO is better suited for client applications vs enterprise, which the intel 750 is supposed to be.

Main reason i went with the 950 was a) price and b) the write speed on the 512 GB variant was 1500+ MB/s vs 900 for the intel 750

I was hoping for reduced render times when rendering large video files - times had dropped from 65-85 minutes for a 34-36GB file to 28-36 minutes with a samsung xp941 (first gen, PCIe 2.0 x4). With the 950 i didn't see any further drop in times, which told me the cpu was the bottleneck (it was and always has shown 99-100% usage while rendering, this on a i7-4790 w 4C/8T.

What really flipped me out, was enabling rapid mode in samsung magician bumped a 2 yr old 840 to about 2+X faster benchmarks than the 950 - see below, and sonuva BMT, when i cloned the 950 back to the 840, and booted the system off the 840, it definitely seemed "snappier" in every way - opening software, etc. I haven't tried it rendering yet but we'll see. 2nd image below is the 840 benchmarked.

But it did make me wonder the "bang for the buck" i didn't get or expected more - i hadn't enabled rapid mode in samsung magician earlier as there had been reports of conflicts.

btw, i only knew or recognized your issue as i'd experienced with my first 4TB HDD - windows in MBR just doesn't recognize anything over 2TB

 

[xUntamedInferno]

that i can't say i'm literate enough as some of these folks to respond totally intelligently - i'm told and have read the 950 PRO is better suited for client applications vs enterprise, which the intel 750 is supposed to be.

Main reason i went with the 950 was a) price and b) the write speed on the 512 GB variant was 1500+ MB/s vs 900 for the intel 750

I was hoping for reduced render times when rendering large video files - times had dropped from 65-85 minutes for a 34-36GB file to 28-36 minutes with a samsung xp941 (first gen, PCIe 2.0 x4). With the 950 i didn't see any further drop in times, which told me the cpu was the bottleneck (it was and always has shown 99-100% usage while rendering, this on a i7-4790 w 4C/8T.

What really flipped me out, was enabling rapid mode in samsung magician bumped a 2 yr old 840 to about 2+X faster benchmarks than the 950 - see below, and sonuva BMT, when i cloned the 950 back to the 840, and booted the system off the 840, it definitely seemed "snappier" in every way - opening software, etc. I haven't tried it rendering yet but we'll see. 2nd image below is the 840 benchmarked.

But it did make me wonder the "bang for the buck" i didn't get or expected more - i hadn't enabled rapid mode in samsung magician earlier as there had been reports of conflicts.

btw, i only knew or recognized your issue as i'd experienced with my first 4TB HDD - windows in MBR just doesn't recognize anything over 2TB

Thank you for the information! Now I know what to look for.