From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   On 1/4/2026 5:29 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   Not true, now that it still doesn't work.   
      
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