From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/6 9:23:18, wasbit wrote:   
   > On 05/01/2026 11:51, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   >> On 5/1/2026 5:47 am, 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!   
   >>> ....   
   >>> What cloning software is going to work with my SATA SSD?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Take the chance to clean install Windows instead of cloning an old one.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Often, those cloning drives do so because they want the installed   
   > programmes to work without having to reinstall them.   
   >   
   >   
   Installed programmes, hardware drivers, ... if you're just replacing a   
   drive in an existing system (bigger, faster [SSD], or the old one is   
   getting slow due to error-correction), the only reason to do a clean   
   install is because you enjoy installing Windows. Unless it was _very_   
   dirty - which for most people it isn't.   
      
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   What good is a smart phone with a dumb user?   
      
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