intel migration software will not recognise my 600p ssd that is in the pcie slot

[Brencurl]

Please help people.

I purchased an intel 600p ssd and as my motherboard (Z97 pc mate) does not have a m 2 slot, I also purchased a m 2 to pcie 3 x 4 adapter. I placed it into the pcie slot and the bios recognized it and so did windows and the intel ssd toolbox. When I try to use the intel migration tool to clone the Hard drive it tells me that there is no intel ssd present. I also had a sata intel 320 ssd that i used the migration software on to clone my HDD..that worked without a problem, and I was using the 320 ssd as my boot disk. When the 320 is in my system the migration software does recognize the 600p, but when I tried to clone the 320 to the 600p I got a MBR error and bootmngr error. Booted again from the old hdd and now the 320 ssd is no longer able to boot or clone. I removed the 320 and tried to clone from the ssd, but the software does not see any intel ssd.

I have been working on this for 8 hours now, so I could really use some help. I am not very tech savvy and am just winging it.

 

[Brencurl]

Thanks for that, I guess that was $300 dollars down the drain. Is there any way I can utilise the ssd to run certain apps? or alternatively whatt 1150 motherboard that is compatible with my i7 4790 do I need to get that will support it?

 

[Brencurl]

no motherboard for 4790 will boot from SSD - in general spoken - for sure i know not every single board in themarket with all details...

and no drain - just use this SSD for installing games / and heavy load software - they will load like hell...
on the other hand, bit down the drain yes - as if you see my build, i have one sata system ssd and 2 very cheap gaming ssds - which would have been fine for your needs, the last 370S i got for ~ 65 $ ...

 

[Brencurl]

Thanks for that

What about this motherboard?

Intel Z97 Express Chipset:
- 6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)
- 1x M.2 port*
- M.2 port supports M.2 SATA 6Gb/s module
- M.2 port supports M.2 PCIe module up to 10Gb/s speed
- M.2 port supports 4.2cm/ 6cm/ 8cm length module

 

[Brencurl]

I Ran crystal ssd mark on the drive and it was reading at 1296 M/bs and write 585 wich is about to spec. Just not able to clone.