• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

A Tale of two drives...

Roger

Roger

Senior Administrator
I'm writing this as a guide how not to clone an ssd to a larger one. I was running out of room on my Samsung 840 EVO 750 Gb ssd and I had been looking for ways to either spread files to a storage hd or by cloning to a bigger drive. However I found a new sealed Samsung 850 EVO 2Tb on e-bay for a very good price so I decided to go that way.

The instructions for data migration came with the new drive and required that I attach the new drive via a SATA to USB adapter and then use the Samsung Data Migration software to clone the drive. Many attempts and failures later I decided to try alternative cloning software...and many more failures later I gave up for the night! I had Googled every option I could think of without success.

Musing on why it was failing (instead of going to sleep) I decided I would try installing the new drive directly into the pc, formatting and authenticating the drive before once again trying to clone.

Turned out to be good musing...it worked!:encouragement:

Now instead of 80 Gb left I have 1.2Tb free:engel016:
 
Roger, glad you figured it out. What I use is a cloning tool for notebooks that I bought a few years ago, by Apricorn. It is basically a USB remote HDD holder, designed for 2.5" drives. The software is the important part, EZ-UP3, which is available online. I've done the same thing three times so far, with zero problems.. The old drive now becomes a spare or add on.
 
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