Question Cloning m.2 ssd with Macrium and it’s stuck at 100%

[Dmaher13]

Cloning a 250gb sk Hynix ssd to a
2T WD blue SN580 with macrium reflect free I started the 30 day free trial the same night right before I started the cloning and it looked around 15 from when I hit start for it to reach 100% overall then it just has been stuck on 100% for over 10 hours now with no complete screen popping up
and there is no cancel option only a hide
Option to click on

only weird part I noticed is around 80 % done a window that said Local disk E) popped up and said not responding then I got it to open afterwards

https://imgur.com/a/Ir0hTic

View: https://imgur.com/a/Ir0hTic

 

[USAFRet]

This is also with the source drive still in and the new drive in usb enclosure I just wanted to make sure the of still booted

Power OFF.
Physically disconnect the old drive.
Install the new drive.

Power ON.

What happens?

 

[Dmaher13]

This is also with the source drive still in and the new drive in usb enclosure I just wanted to make sure the of still booted

Didn’t know that I’m sorry I’m in a panic over this so am I screwed now? Or can I shut down and swap

 

[USAFRet]

Didn’t know that I’m sorry I’m in a panic over this so am I screwed now? Or can I shut down and swap

Do it now.
See what happens.

There is a small chance you'll need to redo the clone. Properly.

 

[Dmaher13]

I believe in the Macrium software there is the function to delete whatever partitions ar on the Target drive.
But, please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.


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Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Both drives must be the same partitioning scheme, either MBR or GPT
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Magician (which includes Data Migration), if a Samsung target SSD)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, you may need to install the relevant driver for this new NVMe/PCIe drive.
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up

Verify the system boots with ONLY the current "C drive" connected.
If not, we have to fix that first.

Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

[Ignore this section if using the SDM. It does this automatically]
If you are going from a smaller drive to a larger, by default, the target partition size will be the same as the Source. You probably don't want that
You can manipulate the size of the partitions on the target (larger)drive
Click on "Cloned Partition Properties", and you can specify the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing
[/end ignore]

Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD. This is not optional.
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD

(swapping cables is irrelevant with NVMe drives, but DO disconnect the old drive for this next part)
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe all partitions on it.
This will probably require the commandline diskpart function, and the clean command.

Ask questions if anything is unclear.
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[Dmaher13]

https://imgur.com/a/djyvxXl

View: https://imgur.com/a/djyvxXl

 

[USAFRet]

This then is that "small chance".
A successful clone would not have done that.

Try it differently.
With an Image, not a direct clone.

DO you have some other drive with enough free space to hold the entirety of the Source drive?

 

[Dmaher13]

This then is that "small chance".
A successful clone would not have done that.

Try it differently.
With an Image, not a direct clone.

DO you have some other drive with enough free space to hold the entirety of the Source drive?

No I do not

 

[USAFRet]

No I do not

Does your motherboard have 2x viable M.2 ports?


(knowing you were doing this to an external, and that became the E drive would have been helpful)

 

[Dmaher13]

Does your motherboard have 2x viable M.2 ports?

No it only has the 1 m.2 port I was using usb enclosure for the new one

 

[USAFRet]

No it only has the 1 m.2 port I was using usb enclosure for the new one

OK, try it again.

This time, do NOT, repeat NOT, continue after the clone is finished.

Power OFF.
Swap the drives.
Power UP.

 

[Dmaher13]

OK, try it again.

This time, do NOT, repeat NOT, continue after the clone is finished.

Power OFF.
Swap the drives.
Power UP.

Ok I will try

 

[Dmaher13]

https://imgur.com/a/00WhBVH

View: https://imgur.com/a/00WhBVH

It worked! Thank you so much I know I tested your patience but seriously thank you and I’m sorry lol