Question NEW SSD

[enoughisenough]

Hey guys
I really need your help with this one.
I just got a 970 2tb ssd
I installed it and everything was fine, I tried to move the windows using a software called Macrium Reflect.
What it needed to is to copy the windows to the ssd, It didn't so much.

Now what that has happened I have a new volume partition in my ssd and I can't acces the 1700GB.

When I press on the "unallocated" spot in press new simple volume it says THE SIZE OF THE EXTENT IS LESS THEN THE MINIMUM.
when I click the NEW VOLUME and try to EXTEND it says "there is not enough space avaliable on the disk to complete this opeation"
Please help me out guys thank you so much

https://imgur.com/a/3RNqWdJ

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https://imgur.com/R7L5yIK

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[rgd1101]

move the 506MB recovery partition to the end, after the unallocated

 

[enoughisenough]

Hey thank you for the replay
It won't let me move it

 

[USAFRet]

In the clone process in Macrium, there ISA a function to manipulate the size of the partitions on the target drive.
Or, for a Samsung 970, use Samsung Data Migration.

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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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[enoughisenough]

Thank you for the replay but my aim currently is to gain acces back to my whole drive.
I don't have acsess to the rest of the 1.7 tb as you can see in the picture and I want to merge them all together to one without any left volume and etc

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for the replay but my aim currently is to gain acces back to my whole drive.
I don't have acsess to the rest of the 1.7 tb as you can see in the picture and I want to merge them all together to one without any left volume and etc

Right.
Redoing this clone with the Samsung Data Migration will do exactly that.
Or, Macrium Reflect with a teeny bit more work.

 

[enoughisenough]

I don't understand.
I just want to bring the volume togethe, why do I need to disconnect drivers?
from there Ill just clean install

 

[USAFRet]

I don't understand.
I just want to bring the volume togethe, why do I need to disconnect drivers?
from there Ill just clean install

Do you wish to redo the clone properly, or do you wish to just do a clean install?

Redoing the clone properly means following the above steps.

A clean install means starting from a blank slate...reinstall all your applications, etc.

 

[enoughisenough]

Yeah I just want to start from scratch, but I can't acces my drive that's what I meant

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah I just want to start from scratch, but I can't acces my drive that's what I meant

OK then...a fresh install.

This ALSO requires you to physically disconnect all other drives.
Yes, really.

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