Cloning would mean a disk to disk copy. But then you would need to buy a 512 GB SSD, and if those exist they are rather expensive and surely an overkilll.
With a DVD being 5 GB you would need 60 DVD's which is unlikely to go without one single error.
An hybrid disk might be a very good compromise.
Kees
If am tninking of replacing my hard drive with qan SSD. Can I back up to a DVD to clone my drive and if so how much data can I move. My system is approx 300gb and I am not exactly sure how this would work. Please excuse my basic knowledge of these things and thanks in advance. Vista 32

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