Samsung Drive Cloning - The quickest and easiest way to upgrade your Laptop or PC SSD

[@maxedoutvibes]

Very helpful. The process itself is super easy and I probably couldve done it myself, but having someone there to guide me step by step took a lot of anxiety off my back 👍

[@miniDrew4]

Just bought this SSD to upgrade my rig. Great timing!

[@mashextra]

great news! if you need any help just ask :)

[@baardk2]

Great video! Is it nesesary to format the new disk first?

[@kishgia85]

Very clear and direct to the point addressing the simple need of upgrading SSD easily.

[@Figures14]

Can I ask how I can find data migration ?I clicked the link below but I can find the words "Data Migration" like in videos?help me pls😢

[@ccglados1337]

I just bought a new, bigger ssd since my old one started getting full. Thanks a lot for this straight foreward video! Good thing I went for a samsung ssd :D

[@drpeemac]

Heaps of thank you mate..very helpful...keep it up good content no bs

[@mashextra]

Thanks mate, glad it helped. I keep getting asked so thought I would just make the answer a video 😀

[@5after12]

Samsung has all my loyalty

[@ghalibenchekroun8530]

In other cloning software we nee to initialize the ssd first. I but i see that nobody does that with samsung magician. Isn't it necessary ? Please I need help and don't know if I have to initianalize it first.

[@ntme9]

How do you clone a (d) drive used for games? Not the os c drive. Edit nm got it. You format the new drive, name it E, copy and paste all files from D to E, shutdown, remove D drive, put new E drive in, then rename to D. Done

[@mashextra]

haha was just about to write that :)

[@alvinkhoo]

hi...can we clone as bootable OS drive? thansk u

[@go2cloudbase]

Question: I'm cloning my drive right now to the new m.2 drive currently installed in the second m.2 slot, in my Dell G16 laptop that has 2 m.2 drive slots. Is there any reason why I need to physically swap the cloned drive back to the original c drive location? Why can't I just assign the new m.2 drive as the O/S drive in the bios on startup? Is that not an option on startup? Or is it ill advised to run the OS on the second slot for some reason? Thanks, I'm a computer amateur. Love your videos and you are my first go-to for any computer related stuff!

[@go2cloudbase]

Ok, clone was successful and both drives show the OS on it, Drive 0 is OS (C) and new drive 1 OS (D). The Samsung Magician software seems to have not removed the data on old drive even though it said it was going to. So same question as above, I think I can just format the C drive right now in disk management and wipe it clean, and run the OS on D, and saving me from opening up the laptop again? I could even change the drive letters in disk management if I want to keep "C" as the drive letter? Seems like a no brainer to me...?

[@mashextra]

When you clone the drive it never removes the old drives data. Most people keep the old drive as a backup. You don’t need to move the drive to the primary slots on most modern computers as they are usually 2 x gen 4 slots these days. Only reason I swap them over on the blade is because I remove the original 1tb drive and put in 2x 4tb drives. Hope this makes sense

[@Molker_]

if ive just finished cloneing my previous ssd to my new one, how would i go about transferring all my old data from another SATA ssd data to my new ssd?

[@mashextra]

is the sata drive currently in the computer?

[@Molker_]

@@mashextra yep it is

[@mashextra]

it is simply a case of opening a couple of file explorer windows, make yourself a relevant folder structure on the new drive where you want to store the old drives contents (ie pictures, documents, videos etc) or just use the default windows users folders then copy the files from the old drive to the new one. There is no easy way to automate it I am afraid

[@johnnyz7752]

According to Samsung Technical Support, in order to use the Samsung Cloning Software, BOTH the source drive and the target drive need to be Samsung drives. My problem is that the source drive in my computer is a Toshiba SSD drive.

[@Figures14]

Same how ? Did it solve the problem? Now?

[@jessiealfonso2997]

Please help. So I did the cloning to my 980 pro NVME 2TB but for some reason it show 1tb in use but the other 1tb is unallocated. What do I do to fix this issue?

[@mashextra]

That’s really odd, it should have extended the drive for you. You should be able to extend it in disk management. Add me on insta and start a chat if you need help

[@mikeforr4873]

Where can I find the usb caddy?

[@Squigmeister1888]

Bought a 990 pro to replace the WD drive in my Dell G16 laptop. Cloning seemed to go well using Samsung Magician but the drive wasnt bootable. Ended up just using it as addtional storage rather than the OS drive which was a bit of a letdown.

[@bradskis81]

I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the Samsung software really only works well with Samsung drives. I know there's other programs (Acronis??) that will essentially do the exact thing, regardless of drive brand.

[@mattgroff968]

ive lost my windows key will this be a issue?? or is it a straight up 1 for 1 clone

[@mashextra]

correct and the windows key is tied to your motherboard so will still be activated

[@BluntForceBurner]

i cloned my ssd Samsung but it wont boot windows, i took out the old hard drive and placed the clone drive in but wont boot up, it a dell

[@Kai-EAFC24]

Bro I scared I will burn my laptop so can you suggest me a nvme for my laptop? i use it as gaming but it not gaming laptop

[@mashextra]

please let me know the model laptop?

[@Berghiker]

Why does it say "Failed to execute the Data Migration operation. Try again."?

[@leninvanhee7532]

I'm willing to clone my os drive on my desktop to a 990 pro and use it on a new/other motherboard. Will this work flawlessly? (new cpu and ram as well)

[@mashextra]

sadly not always, windows is much better at it these days but you may need to muck around and get a few new drivers for the new board

[@blumpkinexcalibur7523]

Bought a new prebuilt a few days ago and spent those days installing apps, perfecting settings etc. Decided I wanted to replace the low end Kingston that came with it, with a new 990 Pro. So I used Samsung Magician to clone the drive (installed the 990 firmware first). Everything appeared to work great I was thrilled at how easy it was. I removed the Kingston, put the 990 in it's place and the pc booted up perfectly, with the 990 (obviously) showing as the C drive. To me everything was perfect and exactly the same. But out of nowhere, Windows explorer will begin to not load the Desktop folder, Downloads folder, it won't even show 'This PC'...it says "Working on it". Sometimes before it refuses to show anything at all the files that are there have no thumbnails just basic outlines of a stock file. If I reboot everything is back to normal. But the issue eventually returns. The files are there, if I open a media player I can play them, but sometimes when this is happening the thumbnails don't even show in the media player. The whole thing is bizarre, it's one of those issues that is extremely hard to troubleshoot because nothing comes up when searching the web. Do I have a bad drive? A bad migration? I just don't get it. And I wish I had that enclosure you have because it took me a long time to complete this entire process because I had to remove multiple components from the desktop since m2 slots can be such a pain to access with the practically impossible to handle tiny screws. I don't even know what to do at this point. Do the entire process over again? Exchange the 990 for a new one and try again? I ran diagnostics on it in Magician and there weren't errors so it's hard to believe it's a bad drive. I'm ready to put the crappy Kingston back in.

[@mashextra]

and did you update the drive firmware in magician software? can you put the SSD in a different m.2 slot to test? I have used the clone tool probably 50 times and so far never had an issue

[@A7mad.]

am trying to clone and get this the data migration was interrupted for an unknown reason

[@chrisbenn]

I can not find the Data Migration Program at the link you gave! It is called "Data Migration" software?! :-(

[@mashextra]

oh wow! looks like they have moved the software into the magician software! I may need to update my video. I will install the new magician software tomorrow when I get in the office

[@chrisbenn]

@@mashextra Ahh I see! :-) Thank you for your reply!

[@marcus05011993]

you said you only have to put the drive in once i dont know to much but when i got the samsung 990 pro i just put my main drive in my second m.2 slot and put the new drive into the first m.2 slot the pc still booted up and i was able to clone my drive and that was it

[@mashextra]

that is true but then you usually have to open the PC again to remove/replace the original 1tb or did you just keep that as a spare? I usually add 2 4tb SSDs as I need a lot of data which is why I do the clone externally

[@marcus05011993]

oh yeah that makes sense if your doing that but yeah I had a 1tb 980 and got the 990 1tb so I just put the 990 in the main slot the 980 in the second m.2 slot booted up cloned and that was it but I did end up taking out the 980 after I cloned it to double check and make sure it cloned it correctly and that it would boot up on the 990 and once it did I put it back in

[@HugoGonzalez-ec7pm]

@@marcus05011993 Just wondering if that was possible. That's what I'll do

[@azcharlie2009]

I bought the WD SSD. Hopefully, their software will work.

[@mashextra]

yes, it comes with acronis which is one of the best disk clones available, I have used it on WD many times and its always been great. If you get stuck give me a shout

[@azcharlie2009]

@@mashextra Well, guess what? I followed the directions with the enclosure and formatted the SSD. Then when I tried to use Acronis, the software wouldn't recognize the SSD. So, it wouldn't work. I don't imagine there's any way to reverse the format? I'll probably have to buy some software. Seems like everyone has their fingers in your wallet these days.