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    [SOLVED] New m.2 SSD will not boot

    Yes, I watched a video today that recommended Samsung Data Migration. Right after that, a Samsung tech finally wrote and suggested the same thing. It was an amazing success and super fast!! It cloned a 1 TB SSD in an amazingly short 28 minutes versus the 1 hour and 2 minutes for Macrium...
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    [SOLVED] New m.2 SSD will not boot

    I did not know about the motherboard model number requirement. Do you mean to use imgur to host the photos and then give links to them? Thanks, Ben
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    [SOLVED] New m.2 SSD will not boot

    Thank you. I tried that - but after I tried booting. The m.2 drive would not boot so it always went to the Samsung 870 and it booted. So do you think that ruined things? The boot manager in the bios showed the 1 TB SSD is being the first to try., I have ALWAYS been able to boot from a cloned...
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    [SOLVED] New m.2 SSD will not boot

    I just purchased a new Samsung 1TB model 970 to replace my almost full 500MB 970 m.2 . I activated the new HDD and selected Simple Volume on Disk 1 and MBR. I did a quick format. See two attached files. I WAS going to attached a bunch of screenshots here but all I get is a box to put a URL...
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    High System and Compressed Memory and CPU usage only when Thunderbird is open.

    I get High System and Compressed Memory and CPU usage only when Thunderbird is open. If I close Thunderbird, all returns to normal for awhile. The high CPU usage is the most annoying part and I notice it because my i5 computer with 8 GB RAM (and a SSD) slows down SO much! Should I replace...