[SOLVED] Migrate Win 10 Pro from HDD and small SSD to large SSD

[HarryAdney]

Hi all,

So, my current desktop setup is Win 10 Pro with 2 internal drives: a HDD, 2Tb C: drive;
a 1Tb SSD (Sabrent brand) G: drive.

I bought EaseUS Partition Manager Pro to migrate the OS, but I get the message: "Boot disk cannot be selected as target".

https://imgur.com/a/WvqSdqX

Is there a way to make the Sabrent (G: drive) the C: drive and install all my apps etc there, which are currently on the HDD (there's plenty room on the Sabrent)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

Is there a way to make the Sabrent (G: drive) the C: drive and install all my apps etc there, which are currently on the HDD (there's plenty room on the Sabrent)?

Thanks in advance.

No, not the way you're thinking.

You can migrate the entirety of the contents of the 2TB C drive to the 1TB Sabrent.



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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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[HarryAdney]

Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive

Hey, thanks for the detailed instructions 👍. I realise now, I should have mentioned the SSD is actually M.2, not SATA; sorry. How does that change the instructions?

 

[CountMike]

Hey, thanks for the detailed instructions 👍. I realise now, I should have mentioned the SSD is actually M.2, not SATA; sorry. How does that change the instructions?

With W10, no change.

 

[HarryAdney]

With W10, no change.

Thanks CountMike. I must be a bit thick today; why would I swap the SATA cables if the SSD is an m.2 nvme?
Cheers.

 

[CountMike]

Thanks CountMike. I must be a bit thick today; why would I swap the SATA cables if the SSD is an m.2 nvme?
Cheers.

Except for that of course but some MBs have some of SATA headers disabled when M.2 is present so if any SSD/HDD is connected to those, you need to move them to allowed place.

 

[HarryAdney]

Except for that of course but some MBs have some of SATA headers disabled when M.2 is present so if any SSD/HDD is connected to those, you need to move them to allowed place.

Thanks mate.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks CountMike. I must be a bit thick today; why would I swap the SATA cables if the SSD is an m.2 nvme?
Cheers.

You don't swap the cables.
But you DO need to disconnect the old drive before you boot up the first time.