From: tlswilso@aol.com   
      
   On 1/6/2026 10:30 PM, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   >>   
   >> 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?   
   > How did it get the J: letter?   
   >   
   > It should not have any partitions on it before cloning therefore it   
   > should not have had any drive letters.   
      
   Back when I was still trying to use Samsung Magician, people suggested I   
   probably needed to format the new drive and assign a drive letter. When   
   I did that, I didn't choose J:, it just showed up that way.   
      
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