Anyone use SATA/USB adapter for cloning SSD ?

[GoodEnough]

I usually open the case and plug in the new SSD via SATA and do a clone with Acronis.
How much slower would this option be?

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Adapter-Optimized-EC-SSHD/dp/B011M8YACM

 

[paperfist]

If it's anything like using an external USB3 drive it will take half a day.

How large is the drive you're cloning?

 

[DaveSimmons]

I've done migration to new Samsung SSDs on a few PCs using a USB 2.0 adapter like that and the Drive Magician software. It was painless and problem-free. I forget how long the backup took.

 

[UsandThem]

I have an adapter like that that I use to clone HDD to SSDs when I get new systems/laptops, and I think on average it takes about 30 minutes or so. It's really not bad at all as long as you use a USB 3.0 port instead of a 2.0.

 

[GoodEnough]

I'll stick to my old method of just using the internal SATA cable.
The clone takes 1-2 hours as it is.

 

[Ranulf]

While I favor using e-sata ports (usually with a dock) or hot-swap bays in a system for direct sata connections, most of the time usb 3.0 converters are not that much slower and work fine for clones/image creation and restoring. 2.0 works the same, just slower. Time mostly depends on the size of the data involved. If you do clones/backups a lot (with internal hdds etc) I'd get a hot swap bay installed, saves opening the case up.

 

[hal2kilo]

I've done migration to new Samsung SSDs on a few PCs using a USB 2.0 adapter like that and the Drive Magician software. It was painless and problem-free. I forget how long the backup took.

Just make sure the power connectors are lined up right.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I've done migration to new Samsung SSDs on a few PCs using a USB 2.0 adapter like that and the Drive Magician software. It was painless and problem-free. I forget how long the backup took.

Likewise -- a USB 2.0 connection to a laptop. I don't remember being particularly annoyed at how slow it was. And actually, I did it twice: First, to clone a 500GB WD Blue 2.5" to a Crucial MX100 250GB SSD; then, to clone the Crucial to a 1TB HGST 2.5".