Question Can I use my old Windows 10 Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD in a Windows 11 PC ?

[kenmtb]

Hello-
I am looking to replace my current Windows 10 PC with a used Windows 11 Professional PC.
My current PC has a Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD with Windows 10 on it.
I would like to keep that drive and use it in a Windows 11 PC that comes with smaller, cheaper SSD drive.

Would I be able to transfer Windows 11 on the "new" PC to the larger Windows 10 SSD or should I keep two drives on the new PC and boot from the smaller Windows 10 drive?

Thanks

 

[helpstar]

you can clone the new drive to the old drive, but then you will lose all data on the old drive.
I would just use the old drive as a data drive, copy all important data to the new drive and format the old drive

 

[Nice Nicer]

You could update to windows 11 on the old drive ?
You could "transfer" windows 11 from the new drive ( do you mean cloning ? ) to the windows 10 drive ( 870 QVO ).But it´s probably a fresh install anyway (?) so that would make as much sense as just installing win 11 onto the 870 QVO. The problem seems to be that the new drive is smaller than the old one. In that case i would replace the new one with the old one and upgrade to win 11.

I would just use the old drive as a data drive, copy all important data to the new drive and format the old drive

If you want to do this and the new drive really is smaller, you will temporarily need a third drive, to store all of your data which you would like to keep, while formating the 870 QVO.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello-
I am looking to replace my current win 10 PC with a used windows 11 professional PC.
My current PC has a Samsung SSD 870 QVO 1TB drive with windows 10.
I would like to keep that drive and use it in a windows 11 PC that comes with smaller less expensive SSD drive.

Would I be able to transfer windows 11 on the "new" PC to the larger windows 10 drive or should I keep 2 drives on the new PC and boot from the smaller windows 10 drive?

Thanks

The physical drive?
Yes.

The drive+OS?
Probably not.

 

[geofelt]

The samsung magician ssd migration aid can do that easily.
You install the larger 1tb QVO drive in your new pc.
Run the migration aid which will move everything on the initial C drive to the QVO and shut down.
Residual data on the QVO will be overwritten.

Remove the old drive and assign the boot order to the QVO drive.
The original C drive will be unchanged and you can do with it what you wish.
App and manual here:

Tool & Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Download various software related to your product, including Samsung Magician, designed for use with Samsung's memory products, and find related information.

semiconductor.samsung.com

 

[Nice Nicer]

Run the migration aid which will move everything on the initial C drive to the QVO and shut down

There is probably not much on it. Why should he do that? He would lose all of the previously stored data on the QVO If he doesn't have a backup! If you'd ask me:
It just doesn't make any sense to do it that way!
Just upgrade to Windows 11 unless you want to format the QVO Drive anyway.