There’s just too many applications, settings and licenses on that system that I didn’t want to recreate or re-enter. I wasn’t really looking forward to a full reinstallation of Windows 10 though. The physical installation is dead simple: remove graphics card, install M.2 SSD, reinstall graphics card.
Nevertheless, those specs got me to pick up a screwdriver and install the new M.2 SSD. I already had a SATA SSD installed in my gaming/photo editing PC. Now windows is telling me I need to format it.A few weeks ago I received a 1TB Western Digital Black SN750 M.2 SSD, boasting an impressive 3470 MB/s read speed on the packaging. Question Changed the cable I used for my external hard drive. Question Drive Letter changed and PC keeps restarting I am running two hard drives the old one is small Question How can I get my Hard Drive Bios Setting is Enable in the Bios Settings? I cannot get it to change. Question D Drive not showing up in storage store apps and features and "change where new content is saved" Question HDD error after changing drive letters ? Question Wondering would there be a significant performance boost if I changed my boot drive from a normal SSD to a Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2? Question Changing my only drive from MBR to GBT to boot in UEFI. How do I change my hard drive in Dell opiplex 380 SFF. Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.ĭelete the original boot partitions, here: Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure. It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive. Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD Select ALL the partitions on the existing C driveĭisconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration) Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSDĭownload and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)ĭisconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD Specific steps for a successful clone operation: Bad things will happen.Īt the end of the cloning process, your first move is to Power OFF, remove the old drive, and allow the system to boot up from the new drive. Then you've done the cloning thing incorrectly.ĭo NOT randomly change drive letters around.
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