What's the Fastest Way to Transfer 200GB to an External HDD?

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Jerry· Answered on Nov 21, 2023

Cloning your 200GB data to an external hard drive seems to be the most reliable and easiest way to move your data from one drive to another.

Generally speaking, it is hard to say what is the fastest way to transfer a specific amount of data to a drive. This is because many factors need to consider, such as the type of external drive you have, the hard drive's interfaces, and your transfer method.

If your external hard drive is a standard spinning HDD, a USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1/3.2 Gen 1 5 gigabit/second connection will provide enough bandwidth to copy to the hard drive at full speed.

If your external drive is a SATA SSD, USB 3.x Gen 1 will give you approximately 83% of the maximum copy speed. In contrast, USB 3.1 Gen 2/3.2 Gen 2 10 gigabit/second will provide the additional 17% bandwidth needed to copy at full speed.

If your external drive is an external NVMe drive, Thunderbolt 3 is necessary to copy data to the drive, with USB 3.2 Gen only offering roughly 30% of the total bandwidth needed.

Cloning is the easiest way to transfer data from one drive to another. But you must turn to professional cloning software, such as EaseUS Disk Copy, for help since Windows doesn't have a built-in tool with cloning features.

EaseUS Disk Copy is a practical disk cloning tool. It can help you transfer data from one internal hard drive to another and migrate Windows from HDD to SSD or SSD to SSD. In addition, it has a relatively faster cloning speed, so you can finish your cloning process without waiting for a long time. And it can also help you to clone a hard drive with bad sectors.

Cloning is the best way to transfer data from one drive to another. If you want to transfer 200GB data to another drive, try to use EaseUS Disk Copy to help you.