![]() Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure. It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive. If you copy your source partition (s) to the free space after this partition then the target disk will retain its GPT state. A GPT disk will have a small (128 MB) partition at the front of the disk. Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive You can convert an MBR disk to GPT by restoring or cloning an MBR disk to an existing GPT disk. This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive (here is where you lect ALL except the E partition)ĭisconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration) Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSDĭownload and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)ĭisconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD Specific steps for a successful clone operation: In Macrium, it goes mostly as regular, except you simply deselect the E partition. My tool of choice is either Macrium Reflect or Samsung Data Migration (if a Samsung drive as the target). Can I transfer only C, then only the recovery drive and then only the boot drive (also it says I have some 99 MB's FAT32 drive that doesn't show up in my Disk Managment, probably some Windows thingy)? What should I do? Posting a photo of what drives I currently have (drive E is for all my apps and games, but I still have some apps that don't ask me where to install on the C drive). ![]() Both the EaseUS software apps have an option to transfer only one drive, for example I can transfer only C drive, but I'm not sure if I have to also transfer the recover and boot drives that Windows creates automatically. But all of them want to transfer my whole HDD (C and E drive included) to the new SSD but I don't want that. I've found a few free trial programs (EaseUS Partition Master, EaseUS Todo Backup, AOMEI Partition Assistant and also the free Samsung Data Migration) that will do the job. Hello guys! I'm about to buy my first SSD (Samsung 860 Evo 500GB) and I've searched through the internet for a way to transfer my OS to the SSD before I get it.
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