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,

 

[SkyNetRising]

Clone.
Use Samsung Data Migration software.

Tool & Software Download | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Download various software related to your product, including Samsung Magician, designed for use with Samsung's memory products, and find related information.

www.samsung.com

 

[Lafong]

Via cloning or imaging.

Two similar processes with the same result.

Cloning is a one step process.

Imaging has 2 steps...make the image, then restore it.

Macrium Reflect Free Edition is a popular app to do it. Others are Aomei, Acronis, etc. Varying results, varying frustration.

If cloning fails try imaging, or vice versa.

Know what you will do if both fail.

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Via cloning or imaging.

Two similar processes with the same result.

Cloning is a one step process.

Imaging has 2 steps...make the image, then restore it.

Macrium Reflect Free Edition is a popular app to do it. Others are Aomei, Acronis, etc. Varying results, varying frustration.

If cloning fails try imaging, or vice versa.

Know what you will do if both fail.

I tried using Aomei for it but I need pro since I think my C drive is MBR and the new samsung I formatted as a GPT and I dont wanna spend 50 on it

 

[Lafong]

Take a look at this:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/clone-disk/clone-mbr-to-gpt.html

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Take a look at this:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/clone-disk/clone-mbr-to-gpt.html

it says that I need the premium version of partition wizard inorder to move the files on my mbr boot drive to a gpt drive

 

[Lafong]

Are you unwilling to convert the source drive from MBR to GPT before cloning?

There are tools that supposedly will do that. I have no experience with them. Obviously, back up your data before any attempt.

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Are you unwilling to convert the source drive from MBR to GPT before cloning?

There are tools that supposedly will do that. I have no experience with them. Obviously, back up your data before any attempt.

I have no issue trying to convert the mbr to a gpt first I just didnt know I could do that without losing data, I dont even know why I formatted this drive as an mbr in the first place

 

[Lafong]

https://www.diskpart.com/clone/clone-mbr-to-gpt-ssd-0310.html

Above link IMPLIES you can use the demo version of Aomei Partition Assistant Professional to clone MBR to GPT.

I have no idea if that is true.

Here's how MS says to convert MBR to GPT:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...management/change-an-mbr-disk-into-a-gpt-disk

 

[SkyNetRising]

I tried using Aomei for it but I need pro since I think my C drive is MBR and the new samsung I formatted as a GPT and I dont wanna spend 50 on it

Clean the target drive. It has to be the same partitioning scheme as source drive.
Otherwise cloning result will not be bootable.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Here's how MS says to convert MBR to GPT:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...management/change-an-mbr-disk-into-a-gpt-disk

This destroys all data.

Proper way for converting from MBR to GPT is by using mbr2gpt utility.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

This destroys all data.

Proper way for converting from MBR to GPT is by using mbr2gpt utility.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt

Thank you, it shows that my C drive is gpt now, now I just have the issue of macrium reflect stopping at 99%...

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you, it shows that my C drive is gpt now, now I just have the issue of macrium reflect stopping at 99%...

What size is the target drive, and how much space is consumed on the source drive?

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

What size is the target drive, and how much space is consumed on the source drive?

I uninstalled somethings that I can just redownload later to make the process hopefully better, but to answer your question my C drive is using 494gb out of 926gb and the drive I want to copy everything over to is 926gb and completely blank

 

[USAFRet]

I uninstalled somethings that I can just redownload later to make the process hopefully better, but to answer your question my C drive is using 494gb out of 926gb and the drive I want to copy everything over to is 926gb and completely blank

OK, just checking.

Does Macrium give you any error messages?

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

OK, just checking.

Does Macrium give you any error messages?

No, since I made that first reply I cancelled the cloning process while the overall progress was at 0 and the current was 99, I then formatted the target drive to make it squeaky clean again and restarted the process, and it stopped moving when the overall and current progress was 7, I stopped it once more and uninstalled many things and am trying to do it again for the third time, hoping for it to work

 

[SkyNetRising]

and it stopped moving when the overall and current progress was 7, I stopped it once more and uninstalled many things and am trying to do it again for the third time, hoping for it to work

Probably just being impatient.
Wait longer.

How are you determining, it has stopped?

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Probably just being impatient.
Wait longer.

How are you determining, it has stopped?

ok so when it was at 99 it was there for awhile when it was moving pretty smoothly before and I saw afew people had that issue, but yeah the 7 was probably just being impatient

 

[SkyNetRising]

ok so when it was at 99 it was there for awhile

How much exactly is this "for awhile"?

BTW - what is source drive for the cloning?
I'm understanding - you want to migrate from 1TB M.2 drive to another 1TB M.2 drive. What's wrong with the old one?

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

How much exactly is this "for awhile"?

BTW - what is source drive for the cloning?
I'm understanding - you want to migrate from 1TB M.2 drive to another 1TB M.2 drive. What's wrong with the old one?

awhile was probably like 30 minutes at the same point, and the reason why is that my current m.2 is non nvme and not cached and the 970 evo plus has a cache and is an nvme drive

 

[USAFRet]

awhile was probably like 30 minutes at the same point, and the reason why is that my current m.2 is non nvme and not cached and the 970 evo plus has a cache and is an nvme drive

Make/model of the current C drive?

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

Make/model of the current C drive?

WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70, from what I have seen, the ssd lacks a cache as I couldnt find anything saying it did and if I knew anything about ssds when I first got one I probably would not have gotten this

 

[Lafong]

WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70, from what I have seen, the ssd lacks a cache as I couldnt find anything saying it did and if I knew anything about ssds when I first got one I probably would not have gotten this

I hope you have tempered your expectations as to the extent of noticeable difference.

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

I hope you have tempered your expectations as to the extent of noticeable difference.

im not expecting a night and day comparison, I just want the way faster drive to be the main drive

 

[jaydenmeyer829]

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