[SOLVED] Just Make Me a Copy Please!

[versionmanager]

If you can look below, you will see an Ultra II SSD. This lived in a PC from 3 years ago. I loaded Windows 10 on this while I was investigating whether or not my Evo 970 was the culprit with Blue Screening. It ended up being one of two memory modules listed below. What is cool is that G. Skil has already issued an RMA to me within 4 hours of my request to return.

I discovered there was no issue with the Evo. I came to this conclusion from the results ofSamsung Magician scan.

I tried the Free version of AOMEI Backupper but it does not allow you clone 'System drives'. I learned that after I had loaded the application. I would like for the Ultra II SSD to now be a backup Boot drive.

Does anybody know of either a Windows 10, free or inexpensive utility where I can clone my SSD drive to the NNVMe? Any other ideas or Comments?

Thanks in advance.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

relist all drives involved including their make & model,
their size,
and your intended use for each.

 

[Lafong]

Does anybody know of either a Windows 10, free or inexpensive utility where I can clone my SSD drive to the NNVMe? Any other ideas or Comments?

Standard choice would be Macrium Reflect Free Edition.

Process would be either:

Clone

or

Make an image file and then restore it.

Subject to further details of your situation.

Avoid Windows built-in tools.

 

[Alabalcho]

Avoid Windows built-in tools.

A way using Windows-only tools:

• create a backup using "Windows 7 backup / restore" on an external drive. This will create a VHDX (system image) and couple (hundreds) of ZIPs
• start new installation on new hardware. After selecting language, "Repair" will have an option to restore from backup.

 

[Colif]

if one of them is a Samsung drive, you could possibly use their data migration app - https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/

 

[USAFRet]

The Samsung Migration tool would be your default choice.

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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 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
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
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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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