From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Roger Mills  wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
     I indeed think that an *internal* drive which is *formatted* - i.e.   
   has a drive letter -, is a no-no for Samsung Magician.   
      
     IIRC, initially the SSD was not visible in Disk Management, causing   
   Samsung Magician not to see it. Now the SSD *is* visible in Disk   
   Management, but because it has a drive letter and is formatted, Samsung   
   Magician probably considers it as a no-go area and rightfully so.   
      
     So Steve may want to remove the (J:) partition and see if Samsung   
   Magician now recognizes the SSD.   
      
     OTOH, as others have also suggested, it's better to use Macrium   
   Reflect (Free) to do the cloning or imaging, because for Macrium you   
   don't have to guess what is doing what (and there's a lot of Macrium   
   experience/expertise in these groups).   
      
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