Clone SSD Fail

Question

Purchased a NVMe SSD to replace a 2.5 SSD that my OS is currently on. Cloned it using Samsung Data Migration software after creating a partition, and changed boot priority to the NVMe in BIOS. The target drive (NVMe) is now not showing up under This PC folder. Looked in Device Management and I have an error on Disk 0 (NVMe) in the events tab. Device not migrated.

Device SCSI\Disk&Ven_NVMe&Prod_Samsung_SSD_980\5&134334ae&0&000000 was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match.

Last Device Instance Id: SCSI\Disk&Ven_Samsung&Prod_SSD_850_EVO_250G\4&32cfc428&0&020000

Class Guid: {4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}

Location Path:

Migration Rank: 0xF000FF001001F120

Present: false

Status: 0xC0000719

Can you please tell me what I need to do to migrate successfully?

Answer 1

Hi Evan. I'm Greg, an Independent Advisor, Volunteer Moderator and 10 year Windows MVP here to help you.

Try cloning or imaging using free Macrium Reflect, which is the choice of all experts because it is flexible and just works. More here:

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/7363/macrium-re...

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/29/the-best-way-t...

http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/C...

After cloning or imaging unplug the source drive to see if the clone/image can start on it's own.

If your image or clone doesn't start the use the bootable media it will create for you when you first install it to run Macrium's excellent Boot Corrector which will fix most startup issues: https://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle5016...

https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/...

http://reflect.macrium.com/help/v5/how_to/rescu...

If it won't start then do a gold standard Clean Install in this link which compiles the best possible Install of Windows which will stay that way as long as you stick with the tools and methods given, has zero reported problems, and is better than any amount of money could buy: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki.... Unplug all other drives during install.

After the clone/image starts on it's own or you Clean Install, plug back in the other drive making sure it does not change back to first in boot priority in UEFI/BIOS Setup. Move the data off of it to wipe it with Clean command and then reformat which is the proper way to repurpose a Windows drive as a data drive to avoid it interfering with old boot code:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/85819-erase...

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-format-new-h...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Answer 2

I'm delighted to hear it, Evan. Let me know if there's anything else. I'll stay subscribed to this thread in case you need anything else, until the system locks it in a few months.

Answer 3

Greg,

Thank you for the wonderful reply! After reading through the steps several times and doing some investigating, the cloned drive was listed as oflfine. I put it online, for lack of a better term, and it looked like the migration was successful through Samsung's software. I then shut down the computer, disconnected the 2.5, and booted up. It worked! Checked a couple programs and files on the cloned disk and all seems good. Finally, I shut it down again, reconnected the 2.5, and did a clean and format. Didn't wind up using all the steps you provided, but it was enough to set me on the right track. Thanks again, and have a great rest of your day/night!