From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   On 1/5/2026 8:18 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > 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).   
      
   Thanks Frank.   
      
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