What kind of SSD are you cloning to? I did something like this earlier this year for my laptop. Used this enclosure (Anker PowerExpand M.2 NVMe and... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M3JD266?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share) and Macrium Reflect to clone my existing nvme to a new one
The easiest rule of thumb for USB flash drives is to only buy Samsung or Sandisk. Both companies fabricate their own memory chips and are big players in the flash market. If you want to expand that circle a little bit, then you can also pick companies that produce RAM modules using third-party vendors, like PNY, Kingston, and a couple other names I can't remember or don't know about - like I bet Adata / XPG makes them. I think a proper 1TB USB flash drive is still around $100, which makes sense since a 1TB SSD sells for about $75 (which IMO is a great price). If it were me I'd consider getting a 1TB m.2 SSD and putting it in an external case like this so you could swap out the SSD drives as needed.
This cable is a USB C to USB A with a type C adapter attached that comes with the Anker PowerExpand M.2 NVMe and SATA SSD Enclosure (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08M3JD266/).
I really like the cable itself and would like to buy some extras. Does anybody know where I can buy more of just the cable or something similar in that it has the end adapter attached to the cable?
I dont know how much data youre lugging around but take a look at these:
This is more than enough storage for a majority of people and easily fits in the size of your hand. Obviously you can get a smaller/larger ssd if you need to
Enclosure is an Anker brand which is here. The SD holder is 3D printed.
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Anker PowerExpand M.2 NVMe and SATA SSD Enclosure… | $29.98 | $29.98 | 4.5/5.0 |
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OP do not get this enclosure. this will not work with your nvme ssd drive.
this should work. or you can do a search for "nvme enclosure"
Anker just came out with their external SSD enclosure product: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M3JD266/