How To Clone Your Operating System Drive To A Samsung SSD Using Samsung's Migration Software
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Let's say I want to migrate two things like Steam and windows, would I do them both at once or one at a time?
@@memenecromancer4417 it makes a complete copy of EVERYTHING installed on the HDD so if you have steam installed, it copies it, if you have office installed it copies it.. It is a CLONE so it is a 1 to 1 copy...
@@GalaxyTechReview if that's the case can you just delete the unwanted files from the SSD and those deleted files can still be accessed due to them being on a HDD?
@@memenecromancer4417 yes
I've just purchased the 1Tb version for doing UE4 Projects on....is it true that If I have certain drives in like the original OS SSD, that I need to unplug it because the M.2 will be using two of those PCIE lanes?
Thanks man, I'm waiting on my 970 evo to get here and I'll be installing it to my laptop, I watched so many videos and you explained it the best without any complicated issues, I totally subscribe to you
thanks
Literally the best video out here, spent 5+ hours trying to find a video
thanks for watching
How to make something simple even simpler. Awesome.
Thank you SO MUCH! I’ve been trying with other software for a month but nothing was working, your video was the only one that actually did!!
I was worried about complications migrating to a larger SSD. Good straight forward tutorial 👍🏻
Thanks.
I just purchased the 970 evo NVMe M.2 and I was a little worried about how I would transfer my old Drive into my new one. This was such a perfect video! Glad I clicked it, looking forward to transferring into my new SSD :D
Did it work easy for you? Are you booting from that new m.2? I’m trying to do the same thanks!
Did you do it? I just bought the same one.
Thank God you exist. Took me hours trying to transfer without this software
After you have used Samsung Migration Software, uninstall it.The Software uses CPU even when not running it.
Thanks man!
Thanks!!!
“Not running it” Software is either running and using CPU or not running and not using CPU. If you are refering to some kind of windows service running on the background, then it’s running software, in the background. Which i doubt it would.
I get a lower score in Cinbench with the migration software installed. Tested several times.
i cant find it in programs and features
If you are using two or more M2, remember that it might disable some SATA ports. So if you boot up from the new disk and start wondering where your other drives went, check the manual of your mainboard and search for SATA ports in combination with M2
This piece of information coul've saved me 2 hours of figuring out why my main drive wont boot up 😭😭
I’ve been having this issue for weeks, I don’t understand still what I’m so post to do
@@allcityink you are not supposed to "so post" to do anything.
I don't know how to thank you! As I was trying to run the cloned Windows on my new 970 Evo SSD, I got stuck at the Error Code 0xc0000225 during startup. I kept trying everything I found online and nothing worked, but and your solution was the fastest and simplest, and it WORKED! Thanks so much again!
thank you for this simple and easy to understand tutorial.. i don't know why other TH-camrs make it sound so complicated when its not.. you did a great job explaining things.. awesome video.. you got a like and sub from me :)
Thanks!
Thanks for the competent tutorial you're a lifesaver
Thanks so much, it was easier than I thought, just change boot priority on the end and I had to put my old ssd online again in windows disk management
welcome
@@GalaxyTechReview So after the cloning is finished I just shutdown, go to my bios, and change boot drive?
That was the best concise instructional video on the subject. Subbed.
thanks
thank you very much for this video upgraded my normal ssd to an nvme 1tb drive and the cloning went fast and super simple.
Just migrated from a Samsung 850 evo sata ssd 250gb to a new nvme 970 evo plus 500 gb.
Worked perfectly fine. Thanks man you saved me a lot of time.
Can this be done with an HDD to the nvme 970 evo plus?
Yes
After researching quite a bit on m.2 replacements for the 1 TB Hybrid HDD (2.5") on my Alienware m17, I settled on the Samsung 970. I saw that it had great reviews with excellent read/write speeds. Even though I had space for the original 1TB Hybrid HDD and two (2) m.2 drives, I wanted only to have the m.2 drive in there for now. I wanted all the contents to transfer over to the m.2 including the OS so that it can boot from that drive. After watching a few migration/cloning tutorials, I decided on using the Macrium Relfect Free software as opposed to the Samsung Migration software. The Macrium was free, simple and reliable. I installed the Samsung m.2 in the m.2 slot and it was immediately recognized by the pc. (as an unallocated drive) At this point, there is no need to format the m.2 drive as Macrium will format it later during the cloning process. I used the Macrium Reflect software to clone the ENTIRE 1 TB Hybrid HDD's contents onto the Samsung m.2. FYI: drag over the C; drive last as it will autofit the available space to the new drive. (Took about 1.5 hours since this was a fairly new pc and I don't have much on there - maybe about 100 GB). After the clone was complete, I shut down the laptop and physically removed the 1 TB Hybrid HDD. I restarted the laptop and it recognized and booted up from the Samsung m.2 without me having to adjust/interfere with the BIOS settings. I was a little unsure about messing around the BIOS settings so I was glad that I didn't have to fiddle around the boot order/options. I restarted it a few times since without any issues. The m.2 is partitioned just as the prior Hybrid HDD was. I would highly recommend this m.2 drive. Speeds are super fast and install was easy. Just make sure your pc's motherboard is compatible. For example, the m.2 slot on my PC was marked "...M.2 2280 NVMe PCIE3x4 only".
Got a steal on a GL752VW-DH71 (Asus ROG laptop) and upgrading from an HDD to a Samsung 860 EVO m.2 (2280) and was completely unaware that it was so simple to just use Samsung's program for it. Thank you so much, I'll be referring back to this video when my new drive gets here.
Welcome
You’re absolutely the man!! Much appreciated!
Thank you so much I’m trying to install my 970 evo and this is the best and shortest video on it through the hundreds I just watched ty ty.
welcome
Good video, few questions though:
- Does this software make any difference between GPT or MBR? (My C drive is GPT)
- Does the target drive have to partitioned? I ask this because Windows on the source drive uses multiple smaller partitions. I leave the target drive non partitioned.
Damn, didn't know it was this easy... thanks for the video tutorial!! I cannot wait to get my hands on the 970 Evo Plus (1TB), will migrate my initial OS drive (Kingston A2000) to the new Samsung SSD.
The ONLY thing that worked after getting so many error messages!! THANK YOU SO MUCH.
welcome
Thanks for the video! Most of the other migration videos only showed Samsung to Samsung data migration so I wasn't sure if it was possible when the original drive wasn't Samsung. Good to know that it does!
Welcome
You're using the same motherboard as me. Thank God you made this video :)
Welcome.
Thank you this helped me out, just got a brand new 970 evo plus 1TB, and i just wanted to move everything to it and make it my main OS drive without having to install everything again, really cool solution!
Glad I could help
Good video. Watched it twice and gave it a go at migrating after and worked out well.
cool , thanks samsung for making it easier.
Did you go to your BIOS/EUFI after the SSD insertion and clone?
If so, do you have a tutorial video on booting a SSD on BIOS/EUFI?
Note: I am not familiar with BIOS/EUFI
Thanks a lot!
Any luck?
@@wainnerba This depends what your mainboard is. If you start up your computer, you will most likely see a logo popping up on screen and some captions below like "Press ... to enter setup" or something like that. Do that and you'll enter BIOS/UEFI. Next you'll need to check where to adjust the boot sequence. You'll probably have to search for some words like "HDD" or "boot priority". If you did, set the new disk to the top of the priority list. Remember to do that only AFTER you cloned Windows to the new drive.
Thank you so much for the video. Tried and worked, running my 970 evo clone.
Welcome
Thanks for the tutorial. Samsung and your tutorial makes the transfer easy as can be. My next step will be allowing more space in my “boot” drive section of the hard drive. In the past I used Windows built-in Partition manager. However, I’ll also check if your channel has a tutorial on how to do that. As I recall expanding partitions in windows is pretty simple.
Hey there, I really liked the video. My question is can I clone my HDD (with windows) to a Samsung 970 EVO 500GB M.2 SSD using this method aswell?
Yup
@@GalaxyTechReview how?
Same way I do it in the video. Select the hdd as the source drive and the m.2 as the target.
@Vlad Raileanu does this also clone windows?
Yes of course.
I only have one M.2 socket on my mother board and it has an ssd with my OS already in it. Is there another way to clone one M.2 to another?
yup you would need something like this amzn.to/2At8WH8 usb to nvme adapter
@@GalaxyTechReview I just unplugged my DVD player and used its connections temporarily.
@@caicaraskiki good idea
Thank you, brother. Appreciate your help
Informative tutorial. Good stuff!!
It’s hard to believe that at one point 1gb was a lot. Now here I am installing 2TB😂
truth
I just did it and it worked. But it deactivated my hhd then I figured out how to activate it again and it's a complete copy of the SSD and hhd. Do you have a video on how to run SSD for OS and hhd to save files?
I think you can check at the BIOS and see if your hdd has been unrecognised. You can manually recognise it through the BIOS
If you have 2 disks with both the same content, and you are sure you have booted from the M.2 one, you can just format the other one. Probably the D: drive. After that you can put on it whatever you like.
Hi richard. I've tried removing the hdd after cloning and laptop boots up from m.2. However, when I connected the hdd again, even if I set the M2 in bios on top priority, still it boots from hdd. Do I need to redo the cloning again? Or do I have to wipe clean the hdd? Thanks!
Cool tutorial, exactly what i was locking for! Thanks a lot
Welcome
Very through! Will help me clone my M.2 which contains OS and Prog Files, to have a back-up in case of failure. Thank you!
Welcome
which drive do you download the migration software to? The source drive or the target drive? Thanks in advance.
source
Will I lose those drivers after I cloned and use the new ssd? Or It will just like my old drive?
it copies everything so you wont lose any drivers
Found this after searching for many ways to migrate/clone my HDD to Samsung SSD. Tried Macrium Reflect and Aomei and neither worked. This worked perfectly first attempt. Thank you for posting this video.
my dyslexic self downloaded Samsung MAGICIAN and was wondering why it didn't work lol. great video! thank you!
I did the same thing lol
How do you clone it on a laptop? My laptop only has one m.2 nvme connection. Im planing to upgrade it from 128gb to 500gb nvme m.2.
you can get an external usb to m.2 caddy like this one amzn.to/2PAg2zH
@@GalaxyTechReview Please do not share bad information. The M.2 to USB converter does not work with the samsung drive that you have in your video. The samsung 960 drive is pci-e and the amazon link only works on m.2 sata drives.
Um go to the link and click "size" there is one for nvme as well. Lol.
@@GalaxyTechReview I'm also in the same situation. Upgrading from a 128 gb ssd to a Samsug 970 500 gb ssd. Is the m.2 nvme adapter for sure going to work? I want to be sure before I'm buying it.
Yup
If I want to keep using the old drive (not remove it) how do I accomplish this after cloning?
clone the drive, then go into the bios and have it set to boot from the new drive. Once that is done you can do whatever you want with the installed drive (format it for more storage or whatever)
@@GalaxyTechReview Hmm. It does boot but the drive isn't in the list of options to boot from. Not sure how it's working. This is a ASRock Z97 motherboard and an NVME m.2 drive.
@dailydR1ver I did get it to work. I disabled csm and then re-enabled it. I have no idea why or if that worked, but cloning three disc did make the 970 pro into my C drive, my old C drive into my G drive. So the 970 pro boots, but I can't specify it in the boot order. It just works.
@@Skippy2Ton This is a year old, but you just saved me a ton of headache. I used the Migration tool and for the life of me could not boot from my 970 despite doing numerous things to try and fix it. I turned off CMS and booted right in, no hassle (using MSI mobo and just set it to UEFI boot mode). I was able to re-enable CMS afterwards and it booted fine as well. Thank you!
Thankful I found this video! Others took me to different (suspect) migration tools. I didn't realize Samsung had a free one. Going from 250Gb Samsung to 2TB Samsung 980Pro in my Dell Latitude 7490. Cloning now, Hopefully it's as easy as putting the new one in after.
I came across this video after trying other software that claimed it worked, but didnt!
I was upgrading a 256GB Samsung Evo 850 to a 1TB Samsung Evo 860 and the first time I tried it, I got an error message, something along the lines of fffff. I had the new drive conected by USB3 and wondered if that was the problem at first, so I gave up for the day. Next day I turned my PC on with the drive attached (still usb), and thought I'd give it another try and it worked flawlessly.
It rook about 35 minutes copy 218GB of data with no errors. I turned off PC swapped drives and its perfect.
The only thing I changed was I had the drive added when I started the PC, and I didn't close any programs down.
No idea why that would make any difference, but I thought I add that as a tip for others.
Thanks for making the video...I spent a good few hours trying other software that would't work. (Acronis and Minitool)
welcome
How can we boot from m2 and same time use this HDD as secondary ?
I hope you got your answer by now. If not, it's pretty simple. Assuming you've cloned to the new drive and changed the boot order, leave the old drive installed and format it. That'll get you your secondary storage. You can always find another YT video on how to do this.
After I clone it my new SSD it is not bootable it shows up under BIOS but when I set it as the first option it just gives me a message saying select a bootable drive
I have a samsung PM961 MZVLW256HEHP-0000. I cloned with macrium reflect, none of the samsung software recognizes mine as their product. I either get that or it probably skips back to the HDD it was cloned from...
Have you solved this problem? I have the same issue. Cloned the HDD into a SSD m.2, trying to keep both in my laptop. It apparently boots from my ssd, but if I uncheck my HDD drive in the Bios, a warning appears with the same msg, telling no bootable device was found. And then the Bios reset to its original state, indicating only the HDD as the only possible boot option. Why this happens?
@@EngLhag If you're asking me then I just bought another SSD with SATA which is identical to the other i have 860 evo 500gb. The one I couldn't boot form probably requires correct drivers and I gave up on finding them and will just use it like a regular disk.
This Information is still current.
I just did a migration as per the video and it worked.
Thank you.
No problem
Just did this a few minutes ago, thanks for the help brother
Thanks for watching and your support
I don't know why, but your voice sounds eerily reminiscent to George Clooney. Anyway, thanks for the video Mr. Clooney!
You are welcome
So I followed these steps exactly and, about a couple seconds into the cloning, the process stops and reads an error message: "Cloning failed." -0001
Do you have any idea what could obstructing the cloning?
Miguel Delgadillo No idea, thats a new one on me... Search for the error on samsung's support site and see if anyone else has gotten the same??
Do you have to activate windows again after completion..
I didn't have to.
You shouldn't it's a clone
And other paid softwares, are they activated too?
It's a clone it just copies everything exact as it is on your current drive. No I didn't need to reactivate anything windows or software
@@GalaxyTechReview Thank you!
Thank you. Very helpful.
Welcome
Thanks great video buddy
thanks man very helpful
Welcome.
Gonna try this out in a few days
Thanks for the help bud!
Thanks for watching
Thank you, you are the best!
Thanks for watching!
Good video even 3 years later 👍
Do I first have to dedicate/assign space from the new Samsung SSD?
Currently installed, but not usable in Windows (yet?).
It's a really great video. Can you please make another video about things have to do after the process of this video (like change the boot setup) since I want to replace my SSD with the Samsung 860 EVO and I'm not sure about what I should do.
Thank you very much
It is your Bios.
SUCCESS! It IS up an running! The "reserved" Win10 partion was created automatic by this Migrate - the "recovery" part is created by the user as it is usually.
This IS a VERY good way to do this.
My OS was on native 256GB M.2, and there was a 1 TB data M.2 in a PCIe slot. I had to take out the 1TB data M.2 from PCIe put in the 1T empty M.2 into the PCIe - do the Migrate - shut down - Remove the 256GB old OS native M.2 - put the cloned OS 1TB M.2 into the native slot - and reinsert the data 1TB back into the PCIe - Do the UEFI/BIOS boot config - DONE up an running! .
This program worked for me, EASY!
So before my OS disk was 97% full and into an error condition. Now my OS disk is almost 80% free disk. Where the OS was 7GB free now has 726GB free. Whoo Hoo! Thank you again!
Glad this video helped you!
Great video. Question. The current SSD has the OS on it and I want to replace it with a larger SSD. How do I go about the migration then ?
Easy way.. back up files and then do a fresh install of windows. Other way is USB to m.2 adapter and clone using that.
Thank you for this tutorial! You're a life saver! Subscribed! :D
welcome
Thank you!
welcome
Great thanks!
I installed my Samsung 860 Evo using Samsung's Magician Migration software and it worked perfect. Does everything for you even make necessary Bios changes. Highly recommend it. It's a free download from Samsung.com
Do you have to install the Samsung_NVM_Express_Driver_3.1 to the source disk first before you do the migration onto the new NVMe? That way when you go to the bios and set it up for NVMe the bios can detect the NVME M.2 ?
Thank you so much for this! Am I ok to remove/repurpose my previous SSD now? Can I also remove it as Boot Option #2 safely? All seems to work well!
Yes and yes and you are welcome!
Thx 😊
Well done!!! this is a very helpful video! I tried to do what you describe during the video but the cloning stops before even it starts and i get this message: [201109] Cannot create a snapshot. What should i do? thanks in advance!
Odd. I did the process. Source drive was just "C," but the target drive ended up with D and E. I didn't expect it to divide stuff like that. I'm going to see if it works anyway.
Hi, is it possible to first partition your target Samsung SSD into 2 drive letters (such as X: and Y: ), then clone your OS into one of them?
Thank you for making this video. Question: do you have to initialize and add a simple value with the disk management before you use the Samsung Migration tool? Thank you for your reply. ( I'm wanting to clone my M.2 SATA drive to an M.2 NVMe PCIe drive using the same migration tool (the current tool not the one in 2018 :) )
you shouldn't have to create a volume first but it will not hurt if you do so, the migration takes care of all of the partitioning.
@@GalaxyTechReview thanks.
How do you clone it if you only have one m.2 slot?Like in a Mini ATX board? Or a laptop? I’ve tried an external enclosure which doesn’t work as Samsung Data Migration won’t recognise it as a Samsung drive.
When you say, "as long as your OS recognizes the drive." Do you mean after initializing? Or is initializing not a step? (Sorry new at computers haha)
Do you have a video about how to delete the original copy of OS and anything else that is needed. I cloned OS from HDD to NVME SSD but have not deleted the original OS installation off my hard drive. I am nervous to do it and don't want to mess it up lol. I also have 2 partitions. Disk 0 partition 2 & Disk 0 partition 5. Not really sure what to do with those. Any thoughts?
im new in all of these , so sorry for my ignorance but after i clone the new ssd i go into the the bios and then remove the old boot and add the new boot for the samsung EVO . (i have an acerl aptop with 2 m.2 nvme ports)
dont know how to do this part and i dont want to make any mistake.
thanks
A bit late to the dance, but spot on video. Ensure you install the Samsung M.2 driver, data migration and magician software first (in that order). One question I haven't seen answered is what to do with the old M.2 drive that was cloned. I had two drives before and after (even though the old drive is still on the motherboard). How do you make the drive active (e.g., E:\)?
You can go to Windows settings then Disk Management and you can format the old drive and make an new partition and make it a usable drive for storage...
@@GalaxyTechReview Thanks you... that worked, all the best !
I read in the manual for the Samsung migration tool, that you have to install drivers on the NVMe drive or it might fail the cloning process. what is that about? did i misunderstand?
So, for complete "system image" transfer - cloning - from a 640 GB hard disk to a Samsung 1TB SSD, the software will automatically modify and "recover" the unused partition area without any manual intervention to have the entire 1TB, (less formatting overhead), available to use??? Some SW needs you to recover unused partition by a manual operation.. Thanks for your advise and reply....
What if the source drive is an HDD running from an external USB bridge and you want to clone it onto the NVMe M.2? Is the Samsung Migration bootable from USB or can it only be use within Windows? If that's the case, it seems a bit inefficient because you would need to rip every computer open and boot from the HDD with the Migration software installed and clone it to the M.2. That's pretty inconvenient.
the cdrive in the first slot, once transfer is done can u plug new samsung to top m.2 slot
Okay so I just got a Samsung SSD. The main purpose was to take out all the crammed storage I had in my only drive and move it to the ssd. Wouldn't it defeat the purpose if I made the ssd my main boot? Once I delete everything from my c drive it'll run better...right? So shouldn't I leave my bios alone? Also how would I delete my c drive and still use it as my main OS? Thank you.
It works👌👌👌✌️
what if the new ssd you want to put your OS on is smaller than the original? (i have all my games and OS on the same drive) it shows a prompt saying i need to do a custom cloning but idk what files to move
how do i connect the two drives? using the sata port in the target machine? If I clone the o.s from one machine to a second will that cause conflicts with Microsoft?
Thanks for this video. I followed the instructions and it worked flawlessly. I just have one problem. The old system drive now has the letter (I:), and I want to format it. But formatting it or even deleting the volume prompts a message saying some of the files are in use. I've checked that my new drive is actually the system drive, the old one shouldn't be in use at all. Is it still okay to override the prompt, and format or delete it anyway?
make sure your boot drive is in your new drive ... afer that i think it is no problem if you delete the old file from your old drive ...
Hey i have a Msi GS43VR 7RE with a 128GB LG SSD. How can i upgrade it to Samsung 970 SSD because the 2.5" SATA III SSD cable i have doesn't work for M.2 SSD
you would have to get a usb to m.2 caddy on Amazon for the new drive and then clone the existing 128GB m.2 to that and then install it in replacement and you should be good to go. Something like this.... amzn.to/2BtXUT7 Hope that helps
Tech1Tv THERE IS NO ENCLOSURE OR USB AVAILABLE FOR M key PCI-E type SSD yet. The only migration procedure that will work to upgrade your current LG SSD is to migrate it to a SATA SSD. I have the same issues and same MSI computer/laptop. What i did is a 2 process migration. M.2 PCI-E to SATA then remove the old M2 from your computer and install new M2 SSD and do the second migration from SATA SSD to new M2 PCI-E SSD.
Your video is really good help on how to clone OS drive
FYI - there is a "plosive" at 6:17 when you said "POSSIBLE" that hit my subwoofer and rattled my whole house! ouch! You guys on youtube could use high pass filters if you are producing content without using subwoofers - holy cow man ;)
Thanks for the content - I do have a question about the clone - do we need to clone the hidden partitions on the system disk the "reserved" or the "recovery"? But I will get that figured out.
Thanks and Merry Christmas or happy Hanukkah or fill in your preferred...
lol sorry for the sub woofer blowing moment in the video! As for the partitions you should clone all the reserved and recovery partitions (they are small but needed for the system)
@@GalaxyTechReview SUCCESS! It IS up an running!
Gonna be getting one of these soon (should arrive on Monday). Once you have cloned the old boot drive, does it automatically transfer to the new one or is there something else you have to do?
Once you do the clone you can remove thee old device and boot from the new one. You may have to go into the bios on first start up and make sure that the boot order is correct for the new drive but that's about it.
Can I use the Samsung's Migration Software to clone my Mechanical : 2TB SSHD Hybrid Drive TO either two 2TB Samsung 970 EVO PCIe NVMe SSD's in Raid 1 or three 1TB Samsung 970 EVO PCIe NVMe SSD's running RAID 5 as I want fault tolerance. My wife wants three 1TB Samsung 970 EVO PCIe NVMe SSD's in RAID 0. Can I clone to that set-up as well? Thank you.
Is te software limited to samsun devices or can it be used with any brand?
All my programs are presently held on my C drive. By moving the operating system over to the Samsung SSD using the migration software, what becomes of the references in the registry that pointed to the (Old C drive) when the drive is renamed the D drive? I am expected to reinstall all the software?
So my HP Pavilion 14-ce1056wm won't come on (black screen on start-up) unless I change the hard drive. If I install the 860 EVO SSD, how can I perform the migration if the old HDD is not connected anymore?
Do both of them have to be attached at the same time? That's the part I'm confused about 0_o
Thank you for the video. Can I do this using a USB M.2 NVME Enclosure and will this clone the OS as well? I'm using Win7 and I'm hoping to bring that over along with all my apps.
Yes it should
I just started cloning from a Kingston sata ssd to a Samsung 970 EVO and for some reason it's not going any faster than 8mb/s... perhaps the old drive has some issues? Hopefully all is well at the end of it!
Does it work on a windows & Linux dualboot machine with grub bootloader installer. And weather the windows well remain genuine as I'm not using retail version of windows my laptop comes with preinstalled genuine windows 10 OS.