From: mills37.fslife@gmail.com   
      
   On 04/01/2026 21:47, Steve wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   Have you installed the SATA SSD inside the computer alongside the   
   existing drive? If so, that could be the problem. I have a feeling that   
   Magician expects the SSD to be an external drive, mounted in a suitable   
   enclosure and connected by USB3. That's certainly what happened when I   
   replaced a rotating drive with an SSD in a laptop a few years ago. That   
   worked fine. That was the only option in my case because the laptop   
   couldn't accommodate more than one internal drive at a time.   
      
   Maybe worth a try?   
   --   
   Cheers,   
   Roger   
      
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