SDD Backup - SDD Clone

brunoedgardo · Post by **brunoedgardo** » Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:55 pm

Hi, my Kronos is about 10 years old and I was thinking of making a backup by cloning the entire SDD. Any ideas? What software do you recommend? Can I use Windows, or connect the original SSD to a PC with Windows without damaging it?

The idea is, if the original SSD fails, I can start using the cloned SSD.

Thanks!

KK · Post by KK » Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:49 pm

Hi there,

Read and follow Purgatory instructions on the link below. Disregard others' comments, as most are incorrect. That is how I cloned mine and it works perfectly since years. You can also clone your disk on a larger SSD to get more space for sound libraries, songs, etc.

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... sc&start=0

Quark · Post by **Quark** » Wed May 01, 2024 9:04 am

I did it by AOMEI backupper freeware. Just choose clone entire drive and make sure it does sector by sector. I then used AOMEI partion assistent freeware, because it was a 128Gb drive.

I even managed to make an image using AOMEI (sector by sector) and putting it on another 128gb ssd drive, and it boots up just fine

God luck

JFree · Post by **JFree** » Wed May 01, 2024 12:55 pm

I've used one of these devices and it's worked great for me. I've also cloned too a bigger drive and then extended the partition.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTHQKHFP/re ... F9kZXRhaWw

daviddenargis · Post by **daviddenargis** » Fri May 24, 2024 8:08 pm

Hi,
I've change the SSD by a 1 To
Here is my actions :
- I removed the DD form the kronos
- I made a copy bit to bit on Linux system by the following command :
sudo dd if (source /dev/sdb) of (destination /dev/sdc) bs=512k
Then I had only a same partition of 32Go with the system
So I opened gparted software and I extended the partition with the free space.
I replaced the DD in the kronos
I started it
And Now I have a 1 To in the kronos.
If you have questions, contact me.