[SOLVED] Installed Windows 10 on the wrong SSD!

[Karen Cryer]

Hi!
So I messed up when I built a computer for photography. I bought 2x 1TB SSDs, one was a Crucial MX500, and the other was the Samsung 970 EVO. I mistakenly loaded the bootdrive on the Crucial MX500, and partitioned it for recovery/EFI system....basically it's my C drive, and I wanted to use the Samsung as my C drive to take advantage of it's speed and use it for current projects....right now the Samsung is just being used strictly for photo storage...

Does anyone know how I can rectify this? I want Windows to boot of the Samsung, and basically just reverse the functions of these SSDs...thanks, hope that makes sense.

Karen

 

[USAFRet]

Hi!
So I messed up when I built a computer for photography. I bought 2x 1TB SSDs, one was a Crucial MX500, and the other was the Samsung 970 EVO. I mistakenly loaded the bootdrive on the Crucial MX500, and partitioned it for recovery/EFI system....basically it's my C drive, and I wanted to use the Samsung as my C drive to take advantage of it's speed and use it for current projects....right now the Samsung is just being used strictly for photo storage...

Does anyone know how I can rectify this? I want Windows to boot of the Samsung, and basically just reverse the functions of these SSDs...thanks, hope that makes sense.

Karen

How long ago was this install?

Simply redo it.
Or do a migration from the MX500 to the 970.
Details can be provided for either path.

Of course, you'll need to save ALL of the data from the 970 and the MX500 to some other space for safekeeping during this process.


Please show us a screencap of the current Disk Management window.

 

[Karen Cryer]

https://flic.kr/p/2kBKXpn

 

[Karen Cryer]

it was about 8 months ago

 

[USAFRet]

Well, you can (probably) migrate all from the MX to the 970.
Which will wipe out what is on the 970, so you'll need to save that data elsewhere first.
Do you have some other storage thing with enough free space?

 

[Karen Cryer]

yes, i can use an external HD to store everything on the 970... how do I migrate everything from the MX to the 970?

 

[USAFRet]

yes, i can use an external HD to store everything on the 970... how do I migrate everything from the MX to the 970?

So....

Copy everything from the 970 to the external thing, retaining the same folder structure.

Then, migrate from the MX500 to the 970.
Since this is a Samsung target drive, try the Samsung Data Migration tool first.
If that fails, then try Macrium Reflect.

Have only the 2 drives in question connected during this.
At the end of the process, you MUST:
Power off
Physically disconnect the old drive
Power up, and allow the system to try to boot up from ONLY the new drive

This is not optional.

Later, assuming it all works from the 970, then you reconnect the MX500, delete ALL partitions, and copy the data from the external, that used to be on the 970.

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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
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
If you are cloning from a SATA drive to PCIe/NVMe, 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
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive

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 specifiy the resulting partition size, to even include the whole thing

Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
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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[Karen Cryer]

thx alot, appreciate your time...will let you know how it goes

 

[USAFRet]

thx alot, appreciate your time...will let you know how it goes

Good luck.

 

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