NVMe M.2 Drive is commonly used in laptops.It has small size and wonderful transmission performance. But how to clone M.2 NVMe drive for hard drive upgrade? You can find the answer in this post provided by MiniTool Software.
What Is an NVMe M.2 Drive?
NVMe M.2 Drive is a type of SSD (solid-state drive), mostly used in Ultrabooks and laptops. Before we get into NVMe M.2 drive, let’s see M.2 SSD first.
Nowadays, SSDs are undergoing a transformation. It shows in the shape and transfer speed.
Traditionally, an SSD is known as the “2.5-inch drive”, which is actually 2.75 inches (70mm) wide, 3.94 inches (100mm) long and 0.37 to 0.75 inches (9 to 19mm) thick.
However, some laptops are designed skinnier with the needs of customers and thedevelopment of technology. So, there comes smaller SSDs. M.2 SSD is (an SSD with M.2 interface) are one of them.
M.2 is originally known as the Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF). An M.2 SSD conforms to a computer industry specification written for internally mounted storage expansion cards of a small form factor.
M.2 employs a more flexible physical specification and allows different module length. Initial line-up of the commercially available M.2 SSD is 22 millimeters (mm) wide, with varying lengths of 30, 42, 60, 80 and 110mm. The most popular length used in notebook computers is 80mm, which is commonly referred to as Type-2280.
M.2 SSDs are commonly used to replace mSATA SSDs for smaller size and faster speed. Compared with most mSATA SSDs (50mm*30mm*4mm or 30*30*4mm), M.2 SSDs can be faster. An mSATA SSD supports data transfer rates of 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s for high performance, while an M.2 SSD which uses NVMe transfer protocol can support data transfer rate of 4 GB/s.
Bottom Line
After reading this post, you must know deeper about NVMe M.2 Drive, a small but fast SSD. Whether you are looking for a new NVMe M.2 Drive or the way to clone SSD to M.2, you can get what you want in this guide on how to clone M.2 NVMe drive.
Now, it’s your turn to have a try!
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Clone NVMe M.2 Drive FAQ
You can refer to the specifications sheet of your notebook. It should be available on the manufacture’s website.
If your notebook has an M.2 driver installed, you can check the form factor of your currently used M.2 SSD from Device Manager. Just follow the steps below.
- Press Win + R to invoke Run window.
- Then input msc and press Enter to open Device Manager.
- Double-click Disk drives to expand the list. Then you can see the length of your M.2 drive. If it shows as M.2 2280, the length drive your notebook supports is 80mm.
If your laptop has only one NVMe M.2 slot, you can use an NVMe to USB adapter or a USB enclosure to connect the second drive to your laptop and then clone your SSD.
If your laptop has 2 slots, you can install your NVMe SSD to the second slot and then clone disk directly.MiniTool Partition Wizard and MiniToolShadowMaker are nice disk cloning software.