Back & forth M.2 SSD to 2.5 SATA cloning.

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This is what I hope will be a simple question. Can I use a standalone duplicator and a 2.5 SATA to M.2 adapter to clone back and forth between these two types of drives?

MY preferred backup system is to keep a cloned copy of my C: drive that I can pop into my computer at the first sign of trouble. For me at least, that's soooo much easier than fooling with backup software. I have a couple of stand alone duplicators that both accept only SATA SSD drives.

I current C: drive is a Samsung 256GB 840 PRO so I'll buy a M.2 drive from the same manufacturer just to keep things simple. I'm running on Win 10 pro.

Am I going to run into problems that will make this unpractical? Will the M.2 boot w/o complications?

Thanks,

Rod
 
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The 960 EVO was so fast when I was installing Win10 a year ago (quick format and full install in 4-5 minutes total, if that), that I began slacking off on my previous schedule of normal quarterly clones to external USB drives, and now simply concentrate on backing up my photos and any important files to the cloud, (sensitive docs are encrypted, of course) and now simply accept the risk that it will take a while to redownload BF1 and assorted utilities in the event of a drive failure....

Some folks have issues w/ the 960 being detected if Win10 was installed on another drive in UEFI mode previously, but, I did not experiment with that, and so had no issues.

I'm not sure if the SATA/M.2 adapters/duplicators are compatible with M.2 NVME drives, double check the specs...
 
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Thanks Folks,
I'm not knowledgeable enough about these newer drives to figure this out. I can't seem to find any definitive answers to my quandary so I think I'll go another way.

Rod
 
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What specific type of "m.2" drive?
SATA or NVMe.

I do not believe there are standalone docks for NVMe drives yet.

And personally, I have just the opposite backup routine.
Not full clones, but rather a Full image, and then a series of Incrementals. Much finer grain retrieval action, and doesn't suck up an entire drive with a full clone.

Drives are pretty reliable.
Taking 20 minutes to recover an image is not a worry.
 
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It's NVMe, or will be as soon as it arrives (it's on order). It's actually a new build but I didn't want to go through a lot of detail in my first post.

I've tried a lot of backup plans over the years but I still think popping a drive out of a docking station and into a cloning station can't be beat. By the time you've worked your way to the far end of a ham sandwich you're all ready to go and there's no need to standby just in case something needs attention. I don't need a large boot drive to slow things down.

Thanks for your input.

Rod
 
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