From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   On 1/4/2026 4:47 PM, 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?   
      
   OK, here's my update:   
   I downloaded Macrium Reflect and used that, because several people   
   recommended Macrium. I have now cloned all of my Drive C: onto the   
   Samsung SSD.   
   Back when I was still trying to get Samsung Magician to work, something   
   I read said just shut down and swap drives and Windows should boot right   
   up from the new drive.   
   Both drives are already in the computer so, while it was shut down, I   
   unhooked the old hard drive and started it up. I didn't really expect it   
   to be that easy and of course it wasn't. As it tried to start up, it   
   listed my DVD drive (E:), followed by the SSD (J:). Then it moved on to   
   a screen that was blank except for a dash line in the upper left corner.   
   I plugged the old drive back in and waited for it to slowly start up so   
   I could get back here again.   
   I notice in File Explorer the drives listed are...   
   (C:)   
   Factory image (D:) (Which is probably a copy of Windows 7) (I did not   
   clone (D:) onto the new SSD.) It's on the old drive as a partition.   
   DVD RW E:   
   System (J:)  (J:) I had labeled as SSD (J:) before something changed it.   
   "This folder is empty" comes up when I click it.   
   (K:) It shows the same list of files as when I click (C:). Why is that?   
      
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