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ASUS Maximus IX Formula
i7700K
C-Drive: Plextor M8Pe(Y) PCIe x4 -- 512GB -- (Windows 10 Pro, Apps, Files, Etc) -- SOURCE DISC
C-Drive: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 -- 1TB -- TARGET DISC (to become new C-Drive)
D-Drive: Samsung 960 Pro M.2 -- 1TB (Games)
E-Drive: Samsung 850 Pro SATA -- 1TB (Music)
F-Drive: Samsung 850 Pro SATA -- 1TB (Music)
G-Drive: Western Digital "Black" HDD -- 4TB (Storage)
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit (Retail Version)
Good morning! Per topic, the following is my proposed process.
Here's what I've done so far:
A. Double-checked that Chipset Driver is up-to-date.
B. Cleaned-up, then using Acronis, backed-up entire C-Drive onto G-Drive (Storage).
C. Physically installed new Samsung EVO M.2 SSD Target Disc.
D. Initialized new M.2 SSD (opted for GTP, not MBR). Did NOT format, select Drive Letter, name, etc.
Moving forward, my plan is to:
E. Run "Samsung Data Migration" tool.
F. Once complete, shut down, reboot in BIOS, select new disc as boot priority.
G. Restart a couple times to be sure everything is recognized and working properly.
H. Run Diskeeper to be sure it recognizes new disc as SSD and that Trim is enabled.
I. Format/erase OLD C-Drive, set its new Drive Letter to "H", and use it as storage or whatever in the future.
*Note that the reason for the migration is that I'm just running out of disc space. My existing Plextor C-Drive is operating just fine otherwise.
So does everything look good, am I overlooking anything?
Also my further questions:
ASUS Maximus IX Formula
i7700K
C-Drive: Plextor M8Pe(Y) PCIe x4 -- 512GB -- (Windows 10 Pro, Apps, Files, Etc) -- SOURCE DISC
C-Drive: Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 -- 1TB -- TARGET DISC (to become new C-Drive)
D-Drive: Samsung 960 Pro M.2 -- 1TB (Games)
E-Drive: Samsung 850 Pro SATA -- 1TB (Music)
F-Drive: Samsung 850 Pro SATA -- 1TB (Music)
G-Drive: Western Digital "Black" HDD -- 4TB (Storage)
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit (Retail Version)
Good morning! Per topic, the following is my proposed process.
Here's what I've done so far:
A. Double-checked that Chipset Driver is up-to-date.
B. Cleaned-up, then using Acronis, backed-up entire C-Drive onto G-Drive (Storage).
C. Physically installed new Samsung EVO M.2 SSD Target Disc.
D. Initialized new M.2 SSD (opted for GTP, not MBR). Did NOT format, select Drive Letter, name, etc.
Moving forward, my plan is to:
E. Run "Samsung Data Migration" tool.
F. Once complete, shut down, reboot in BIOS, select new disc as boot priority.
G. Restart a couple times to be sure everything is recognized and working properly.
H. Run Diskeeper to be sure it recognizes new disc as SSD and that Trim is enabled.
I. Format/erase OLD C-Drive, set its new Drive Letter to "H", and use it as storage or whatever in the future.
*Note that the reason for the migration is that I'm just running out of disc space. My existing Plextor C-Drive is operating just fine otherwise.
So does everything look good, am I overlooking anything?
Also my further questions:
- I plan to leave all my other SSDs and HDD connected throughout this process as my SATA connectors are difficult to physically access. Is this OK?
- Is "Samsung Data Migration" tool my best choice, or is there a better migration option?
- As I've not Formatted my new disc (to assign a drive letter), I assume the Migration Tool will automatically assign my new disc as "C-Drive" like my old one?
- Theoretically, as long as my new drive is designated/named identically to the old one, all programs, systems, files, etc on my other drives should "see" the new drive OK and function as if I never changed drives in the first place, correct?
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