SSD Cloning fails on both Disk Utility and SuperDuper?
Hi all,
I own an early 2011 MacBook Pro that has begun to slow down to the point where its basically unusable. I recently updated my RAM to 8gb (which is the max) and have now decided to upgrade to an SSD (the current hard drive is a stock 500GB drive). I bought a Samsung 860 Evo and also bought a new SATA/Hard drive cable.
I initially attempted to clone the SSD using disk utility, but that failed after it was about 25% done and read “Could not restore- Input/Output error”. I read online that my old SATA cable was likely the cause of this. Today I replaced the SATA cable and also added electrical tape to the aluminum chassis.
I then attempted to clone my hard drive, first using Disk Utility and later using SuperDuper, but to no avail. Now what? I have heard that this might be a hard drive issue , but exactly how should I go about this? I only have about 90gb worth of stuff on my computer, so I wouldn’t mind using a Data Migration software and only installing the OS to the SSD.
Literally any help is greatly appreciated. Also, sorry for the long post, I’m new here…
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What year HD cable did you use? What SSD are you looking at? How much RAM are your running?
da mayer
I bought a mid 2012 HD cable, as those use full 6gb/sec speeds (my defualt cable uses 1.5 or 2 I'm not sure). I also bought a Samsung 860 Evo. I have 8gb RAM.
da Emmanuel Valdovinos