---
id: external-drives.how-do-i-make-a-backup-of-my-fast-drive
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/how-do-i-make-a-backup-of-my-fast-drive
category: "External drives"
subcategory: "Upgrading, transferring and backing up the drive"
question: "How do I back up my fast drive to another drive?"
alt_questions:
  - "Clone fast drive Storage Studio"
  - "Spare copy of external SSD"
  - "Copy my moved files to a second drive"
  - "back up external drive storage studio"
  - "Make a safety copy of the fast drive"
short_answer: "Open More → Drive → Backup Drive…, pick a second APFS or Mac OS Extended drive with enough room, and start. It copies and verifies everything while your current drive stays active, then offers Reveal Backup in Finder."
tags: ["backup drive", "clone", "backup"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/should-i-run-backup-drive-regularly", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/transfer-drive-vs-backup-drive", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/my-fast-drive-was-lost-or-broken"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I back up my fast drive to another drive?

Use **Backup Drive…** in the popover's **More → Drive** section.

1. Plug in a second external drive (APFS or Mac OS Extended, with room for everything on your fast drive).
2. Open **Backup Drive…** and pick it — Storage Studio checks it and runs a quick speed test.
3. Start the copy. You can close the window or quit the app; it keeps going and resumes if a drive is briefly unplugged or the Mac sleeps.
4. When it finishes, click **Reveal Backup in Finder**.

It's a point-in-time copy, so run it again when you want a fresh one. For ongoing versioned backups of particular folders, see [Data Backup](https://storagestudio.us/faq/backups/).