ORICO USB-C M.2 NVMe SSD Clone Duplicator : REVIEW

[@mdd1963]

Got one of these little Orico NVME cloners a few days back, and today got my first chance to use it, cloning a WIn10 install on family member's laptop, cloning a small 250 GB Intel 600 SSD WIn10 installation over to a 500 GB Samsung 960 EVO. Used the little cloner in stand-alone mode, took less than 8 minutes to copy the 250 GB drive. (Naturally, the drive booted fine, but, only showed as a 250 GB drive in disk management, and, of course the recovery partition was listed before the spare/unallocated space for the remaining 250 GB of the new 960 EVO. A quick bootup of Rescuezilla, and specifically the included Gparted application, allowed moving the recovery partition to the end with '0' bytes afterward, and then resizing the main partition to to encompass the remaining space, done by simply dragging the slider to the far right. Bingo, easy -peasy! SHutdown, reboot, done!) I did not expect the off-line/standalone clone of a 250 GB SSD to finish that quickly, I am very impressed!

[@thewatcher9778]

so the reality is this isnt really cloning but just copying with some hoops to jump through to utilize a larger size drive when all is said and done

[@RoadRageLive]

You have to press the m.2 down til it clicks on the tabs located in the middle of slot. That secures the drive in place so that you can carry it about.

[@iftibashir]

Correct - it seems the unit I received had a fault since that middle tabs were missing.

[@RoadRageLive]

@@iftibashir I am still surprised how well it worked without full contact.

[@mdd1963]

the method is fine for some drives less for others. An intel 660 drive or Samsung 960, either would pop back up at 45 degree angle with just the slightest touch after it was seated. Tolerances in width of assorted SSDs, I'd guess....

[@xeekk]

@@iftibashirI can see them in the video, so they’re there. They’re easy to miss, it took me a few minutes to figure out how they worked. Just press down on the center of the drive and they click in.

[@shankararhuddlan270]

Great vid! Also they snap into place... push them down firmly...

[@bitfenix90]

Yes, but how do you get your fleas to practice their springboard hi-dives? I mean, put a li'l plastic lid down, a few drops of water, and my flea-circus now has hi-divers! Why would I ever want to give that up?!!

[@jhezreelgellado2975]

Thanks! this helps a lot, about to buy an upgrade to 2TB from 200gb os drive.

[@iftibashir]

You're welcome!

[@ccmm6]

Great video All infos needed Thanks 👍🏼

[@jimmybillie9509]

thxs for the video, just bought new laptop but only 1 slot nvme, lucky my office have this device to clone. hopefully will work

[@NoelsGameTime]

Can you use the M.2 from the laptop as the Source? I want to move the data files to the new M.2.

[@iftibashir]

Yes

[@JENAZTECA]

Hi help me ,i clone my Windows sdd from 128 to 500 GB the clone wats sucessfull but when i plug the clone the lap only recognize 128 GB i mean only clone the space of 128 AND i can see the other gb

[@mdd1963]

I had to boot a Rescuezilla Live USB, fire up Parted Magic....; adjust Windows recovery partition to have zero space at it's end, which will move it to the end (far right) along the slider indicator of drive space. Then you can resize the main WIndows partition via the GUI slider bar all the way to the left, leaving almost no space before the recovery partition, then click the 'apply' checkmark which will perform both resizing/move opeartions in about 1 minute or so. Reinstall drive, boots fine with all space afterwards!

[@lavonline0214]

Can it clone the windows drive to another drive? like the acronis, macrium or other cloning software?

[@iftibashir]

Yes correct

[@peterpappas620]

I just purchased this and stopped the cloning process after an hour when I realized it was so hot it practically burned my fingers. I was afraid it would fry both of my expensive ssds.

[@iftibashir]

Try point a fan directly at it if you get nervous - the Sabrent Cloning station has active cooling, which certainly helps.

[@mdd1963]

my 250 GB source drive to 500 GB destination clone took only 8 minutes in standalone (no PC connected) mode..; what size drive were you cloning for it to be lasting 1 hour or more? (I expected the clone to take an hour, so was quite darn surprised with it hitting 25% in 2 minutes, 50% in 4 minutes, etc...)

[@joekerr5172]

1 question, if i took out my m.2 from my hand-held pc console (asus ally) and cloned it witb this, would it be seamless when i put the cloned ssd back into the console?

[@iftibashir]

Yes, it’s a direct clone.

[@georgeagonzalez]

Superb Very good video

[@iftibashir]

Thank you!

[@likilikiki]

Hello iftibashir. I want to upgrade my very small 256 GB ssd from my PC to a 1T new one. My question is: Can I safely take out my 258 one out my PC, use this duplicator to clone it to the new 1T one and then stick that in my PC and everything is sorted? Everything that is on my PC including my Windows is on that 256 ssd.

[@iftibashir]

Yes thats correct. You can then expand the partition once back in Windows to take full advantage of the extra space on your new SSD.

[@mdd1963]

YOu will not be able to expand the partition in Windows *if* the recovery partition is in the way, i.e.,the unallocated space occurring *after* the recovery partition. I had to boot a Linux Live CD with Parted Magic on it, and adjust the locations within Parted Magic. Easy enough. (I summarized the process above, but there are tutorials on it on KZbin)

[@kaoru614khl]

can it clone the windows OS installed?

[@iftibashir]

Yes - it creates an EXACT copy.

[@jordancobb509]

You're supposed to snap the drives down. If you use it properly they don't "flop around".

[@iftibashir]

Correct, although I later found out that my particular unit was missing the centre piece that holds the SSD down!

[@mariajose-oq3so]

@@iftibashir if its flopping does it still clone?

[@MarkGibbons]

Hang on, so if I clone using this tool it will create a 64GB partition (from a 64gb drive) automatically? This won't work on a Steam Deck for example.. can I turn that 64GB into a bigger number?

[@iftibashir]

It’s a like for like copy. So you have to expand the partition using the extra capacity on the target drive after the clone process is complete.

[@stats7777]

can clone windows C: ssd to another one for use in same computer ?

[@iftibashir]

Yes

[@cornelsmitherman25]

If you press down on the nvme drives, there is a rubber bumper that locks it in place.

[@iftibashir]

Double checked my unit just now and there is definitely no rubber bumper installed.

[@jasontang2076]

@@iftibashir You need to slide the nvme drives not at an angle but parallel to base. This allows the m.2 to sit securely on the dock. I actually did the same as you and inserted it at an angle. if you carefully slide parallel, you won't have it flopping at an angle.

[@jsalce]

Orico has two similar models. One model is longer than the SSDs and do have rubber bumpers. The unit on the video is shorter than the SSDs so there are no bumpers.

[@cornelsmitherman25]

Also if you sit the unit on a raised peice of flat metal, it will draw the generated heat from it.

[@eddie5556]

@@iftibashir At 4:39 you can clearly see the rubber he is talking about. Maybe not a bumper, but a rubber insert that has a lip on it. You have to lay the drive flat in the slot Before it gets to the rubber insert, sliding the drive Under the rubber lip.

[@Burzcasts]

Can you clone a boot drive successfully?

[@iftibashir]

Yes, it creates an exact clone of the drive.

[@harr0p]

With a Dell bios using UEFI, you may need to go into the BIOS and "Add Boot Option" (even if you are testing your clone in the machine your source SSD came from). Once I did this, I was able to boot Linux from the clone (which is using rEFInd).

[@ViziTalksCMNtv]

How long did it take to clone the 25gb?

[@AndrewKarpyszyn]

Is there a similar device available that doesn't have a 2TB limit?

[@MS-xu5vx]

Sabrent Cloning Station has a 10TB limit, plus it has a built in fan to keep it cool while copying.

[@michaelprzewrocki4195]

Better getting the closed-ICY Box with fan!! this one is too primitive not good if not fixed.

[@PozinhoCWB]

Bom dia! É normal ele esquentar muito?

[@urmekundu6996]

11th gen notebook clone, hdd , ssd, m.2, nvme, not showing, solution please ?

[@johnsheehan9989]

It has fried two expensive M.2 Drives and offline cloning fails every time. It gets very very hot. Not impressed at all.

[@D2H777]

The problem with your videos about this product is that nobody tells me if I can clone 2 different brands of M.2 NVMe SSD. For example, from a 512gb Intel 660p M.2 NVMe to a Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB. They all show me cloning from a Sabrent to Sabrent M.2 ssd. Can any one help me?

[@iftibashir]

Yes you can clone between brands also.

[@mdd1963]

Oddly enough, I went from Intel 600 SSD to Samsung 960 EVO today, no problems, via offline clone button (no PC connected); done in 8 minutes.

[@luscasvn]

Essa case tem trava, se apertar o ssd fica travado 🤝🏻

[@Doberminator]

Can you clone Xbox series nvme SSD ?

[@bitfenix90]

Orico is a favorite small-device supplier but they still do things WRONG. Like the refusal to use USB 3.1.2, 3.2 or whatever nomenclature they want to give us fastest speeds for any file transfers. The cost of those connectors and daughterboards don't seem to be even a penny more expensive that 3.0... or 2.0, for that matter. As for Thunderbolt, yeah, I wish-! I am looking for Orico's general manager's home address, so we can send him ALL of the old Orico paperweights and doorstops we've had to buy to survive at such slow data-transfer rates. Maybe he has a backyard swimming pool he can dump HIS junk into.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

First !

[@snouzz-gaming]

they must do some headsing include...

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

First !