(original) SSD Drive replacement

[Muddy]

First of all, I apologize if this topic has already been covered, but I have not found an answer in the forum or in the FAQ.

So my question: is it possible to transfer (cut or copy and paste) the contents of the original SSD Drive purchased with SD3 to a new larger SSD Drive so that I can purchase (install) new SDX expansions. I do not have a second free USB3.0 port to simply hook up a new SSD. The original SSD Drive (of only 256GB) I would use for other purposes. Thanks a lot in advance for your advice.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: Windows 10

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[drumjack52]

Muddy wrote:

First of all, I apologize if this topic has already been covered, but I have not found an answer in the forum or in the FAQ.

So my question: is it possible to transfer (cut or copy and paste) the contents of the original SSD Drive purchased with SD3 to a new larger SSD Drive so that I can purchase (install) new SDX expansions. I do not have a second free USB3.0 port to simply hook up a new SSD. The original SSD Drive (of only 256GB) I would use for other purposes. Thanks a lot in advance for your advice.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: Windows 10

Not really. What you could do is if you have the space on your system drive is to temporarily transfer the data on the drive you have and then transfer it over to the new drive. Are you sure you don’t have a port you could use for the job? Like temporarily disconnect an existing connection to something?

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Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
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[Tom Martini]

First, I would invest in a 2TB drive so as you grow you have the space to grow. I use a Samsung T7 SSD 2.0Tb and it works perfectly and I use about 30% total right now. I have a lot of TT products on there. You will need a way to transfer the old contents of the drive you have to the new drive you’ll buy. You say you only have one port available but did that mean you don’t have any others at all to be able to do the transfer by plugging the old and new in at the same time to do the transfer? It’s simple to reloacte the folders over to a new drive. Just select everything on the drive, COPY, then go to new drive and PASTE into new drive and then go into SD3 and point ot the new drive in your locations area. I name mine SD3 and point to that. Hope that helps.  Note: Amazon has great Black Friday sales on Samsung drives. I got my 2tb for $149 last year but 1tb went for $89 last year.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: Windows 11

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32GB ram i9-10 Core
Focusrite 18i20 Scarlett +
Focusrite Octo Pre MK II for 36 channels in
Protools Studio / Studio One 6.5 Artist

[drumjack52]

Can copy/paste handle that much data (couple hundred gig)? I’d just drag it over.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Tom Martini]

drumjack52 wrote:

Can copy/paste handle that much data (couple hundred gig)? I’d just drag it over.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

It can but takes a long time. I have a really fast PC so when I did it it took about 30 min for 500gb if data. I have a 10core i9 -32gb  system though. Dragging it over works as well.

Windows 11
Dell XPS 8940
32GB ram i9-10 Core
Focusrite 18i20 Scarlett +
Focusrite Octo Pre MK II for 36 channels in
Protools Studio / Studio One 6.5 Artist

[Muddy]

Hey guys, thank you very much for your feedback. Sorry for the lack of clarity, yes, I have other USB ports, but only one 3.0 where the SSD is currently connected. So I understand that I can really just copy the contents of the “old” SSD to the new one and then tell SD3 the new path to follow, right?

That’s right Tom Martini, I had been eyeing exactly that SAMSUNG on Amazon. Thank you both again for your advice…. and watch your wallet during Black Friday….:)

[Muddy]

Pardon me, just one last question: can I use the new SSD also for storing other data or is it preferable to use it only for Toontrack libraries?

[drumjack52]

Muddy wrote:

Pardon me, just one last question: can I use the new SSD also for storing other data or is it preferable to use it only for Toontrack libraries?

You can use the new drive for anything. In my system I have an internal SSD that handles all my samples (Toontrack/Kontakt/UVI Falcon/etc.)

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

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