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   On Tue, 1/6/2026 8:37 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:   
   > Steve wrote on 1/6/2026 7:23 PM:   
   >> 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?   
   >>   
   >   
   > You'll never get this working.  Cut your losses and throw the damn thing   
   away and buy yourself a computer from amazon or somewhere.   
   >   
   > Get one that comes with all software loaded and working.  That's your best   
   solution.   
      
   I like this group, for the level of encouragement it provides.   
      
   It can be done.   
      
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   Macrium can do that much, too.   
      
      Paul   
      
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