SSD to SSD in less than four minutes!

I built an external HD using a 2.5" USB 3 to SATA III external enclosure and a 60GB SSD. I actually forgot to enable the USB boost feature on my ASUS motherboard but using Paragon I imaged my 120GB SSD (between 30 and 35 used) system in less than four minutes. I didn't try a restore. I post this only to suggest such a setup if you are interested in gaining some speed. The enclosure was on sale for around $16 and 60GB SSDs are now $50 or less.

 

ratchet,

Sounds good. How large was the image? That will let us work out a MB/sec transfer rate.

 

I image the 100gb os partition, of which approx. 40gb is used in about the same time to a backup partition, from one mechanical disk to another.
Mrk

 

I agree SSD rocks! I have two internal OCZ SSDs and backup speed is about 380 MB/sec that allows me to do a full image of 30 GB worth of data in the system drive in only about a minute!

One might think that SSDs are not reliable for backup - but I have a system with Crucial C300 SSD that is working under quite high load 24/7 for almost two years already - not even a single glitch!

Price is the only problem I think for now, but it's quickly going down.