From: Hank@nospam.invalid   
      
   Steve wrote on 1/4/2026 3:47 PM:   
   > The holidays are over and I should have time to continue the project I   
   > was working on 2 weeks ago.   
   >   
   > I'm trying to switch to my new Samsung 870 EVO SATA 2.5 inch drive. The   
   > paper in the box said to use Samsung Magician to clone the data. I'm   
   > starting to believe that it doesn't work with a SATA drive!   
   >   
   > People suggested I use a different cloning tool. I dismissed that idea   
   > because, certainly, Samsung Magician would work after I got my computer   
   > to recognize the new drive. Well I did that. It's now showing on File   
   > Explorer as drive (J:) and I have formatted it. I tested it by copying a   
   > file with several pictures inside to (J:). It went right in and the   
   > pictures opened just fine. I formatted again to empty it.   
   >   
   > I looked at you tube videos about using Samsung Magician. They all   
   > showed a ssd that did not look like my SATA drive.  Samsung Magician   
   > seems to have 2 ways to get to "Data Migration". One way pops up a   
   > message that the drive isn't compatible. I originally feared that it was   
   > warning me that the new drive wasn't compatible with my computer. Going   
   > in the other way, it shows my C: drive as the source drive but it   
   > prompts me to connect the Samsung SSD. It doesn't see it even though it   
   > IS there and it works.   
   >   
   > What cloning software is going to work with my SATA SSD?   
      
   Why ask that?  ... You seem bound and determined to use Samsong magician.   
      
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