Samsung Magician/ Windows 10

[Pez]

Hi all.

When I installed Windows 10 on my system back in July of 2015, Samsung's Magician software wasn't yet compatible with Windows 10. Now supposedly it is.

However.....

However, when a tech support agent from Samsung wrote back to an inquiry of mine in an e-mail, they gave me a web link, saying Magician is now compatible with Windows 10; this was the link they gave me:
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You'll notice on that web page that it's called "Samsung Data Migration Software"; is this the "new name" for their Magician software?

Anyway, I downloaded it, installed it, and when I went to launch the program, the first thing that comes up is a screen saying, "Samsung Data Migration can migrate your OS and data from your existing storage device to your new Samsung SSD." And then there's only one button for me to click labeled "Start".

Uhhhhh....that's not what I want to do. I don't want to migrate any data. I have the Samsung 840 Series 250GB SSD; I just want to use the Magician software (that I remember from a little while back before Windows 10) to fine-tune and tweak the best performance out of my Samsung SSD.

I'm wary of clicking on this "Start" button because I don't want any data migrated, so, I just Exited out of the program.

For any of you familiar with the Samsung Magician software, was I given the wrong web link from the Samsung tech support rep? If I click on this "Start" button, is my data going to get "migrated" somewhere and mess things up? I don't want my system to become un-bootable

Thanks for any help or info,
Pez

 

[harryfishrules]

Edit: The link is correct although the download you want is under the data migration software, you've clicked on the wrong one. Use the link I've supplied and it'll directly download the right software for you.

The software you have is to migrate data only, don't run it.

Here's the right link: http://ssd.samsungsemi.com/ecomobile/ssd/update1.do?fname=/Samsung_Magician_Setup_v495.zip

That is the newest Samsung Magician download direct from Samsung, it is fully compatible with Windows 10. I suggest un-installing the data migration software.

 

[Paul NZ]

You have to install Intel(R) Management Engine Interface before Magician will detect the SSD too

Check for updates I'm pretty sure mine installed from here. Well something from Intel did

 

[Pez]

Oh my gosh.....that web link I gave? Turns out I was in the right place after all; I just didn't scroll down far enough!!

I was looking near the top of that page where the "Data Migration Software" was; scroll down a little bit further....and there it was: Samsung Magician Software for the PC!!

What is it that Homer Simpson says?!?! "Doh!!"

So, yes, I did uninstall that Data Migration software prior to installing the Magician software; but, turns out that I didn't need to install the Intel(R) Management Engine Interface, my SSD was detected just fine.

Thanks, all;
Pez

 

[drtweak]

yea no need to uninstall the IME but I read the first post and was like SCROLL DOWN! XD