Question transferring things from one ssd to another

[jaydenmeyer829]

I got a Samsung 970 evo plus for christmas and want to know how to take my current m.2 boot ssd and transfer everything to it so I can boot windows off of it and then use the old one for just game storage or whatever,

 

[USAFRet]

The cloning process is complete but when I boot up windows it still shows that the old drive is still the boot drive even after changing it in bios settings

Power OFF.
Physically disconnect the old drive.
Boot up and verify that the NEW drive is first in the boot order.
Continue the boot up, to verify it works.

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Power OFF.
Physically disconnect the old drive.
Boot up and verify that the NEW drive is first in the boot order.
Continue the boot up, to verify it works.

I did that, the old is out and i set the new drive to boot, but now am getting error code 0xc00000e

 

[USAFRet]

I did that, the old is out and i set the new drive to boot, but now am getting error code 0xc00000e

Then your clone operation did not go well.

Power OFF, and return the system back to original config.
Does it boot up?

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Then your clone operation did not go well.

Power OFF, and return the system back to original config.
Does it boot up?

yeah I put the drive back in and was able to boot off of it

 

[USAFRet]

yeah I put the drive back in and was able to boot off of it

OK, so lets redo the clone process.

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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 not optional.
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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[jaydenmeyer829]

OK, so lets redo the clone process.

-----------------------------
Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
-----------------------------
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 not optional.
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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I was ready to clone everything to this new drive but I think I have officially hit the point where this is too much work for the end result, maybe one day I'll do it but I just dont have the energy to keep doing this <Mod Edit> , my apologies to everyone who helped me in this thread, perhaps I will try again another time but I cant do it anymore I just wanna game