How to migrate boot to the sata ssd drive

Robert45
Robert45 Member Posts: 2 New User
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I want to move windows and the boot sequence to the internal sata ssd drive from the from the nvme drive which is much smaller. Is there a practical way the make the change?

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  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,467 Trailblazer
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    Hi,
    Can you transfer the data from the SATA SSD to another spare HDD/SSD? Then use Macrium Reflect free to clone the NVMe SSD to the SATA SSD, remove the NVMe SSD and boot with the SATA SSD.
    https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clone-your-pcs-hard-drive-macrium-reflect

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  • Robert45
    Robert45 Member Posts: 2 New User
    I don't know if the answer is "yes" or "no".  In the meantime I decided to try to create a recovery USB stick.  It went pretty well until the transfer stopped.  I was left with a USB drive that will waken the computer but does not see the MVNE drive.  Without the USB stick there is just blackness. I is still under warranty so shouldI just ship it back or is there a way to wake the darn thing up?
  • Callistemon
    Callistemon Member Posts: 106 Skilled Fixer WiFi Icon
    edited February 2022
    Robert45 said:
    I want to move windows and the boot sequence to the internal sata ssd drive from the from the nvme drive which is much smaller. Is there a practical way the make the change?
    If you don't want to use third party software, then on the NVMe SSD, open Control Panel > System and Security > Backup and Restore (Windows 7), and create a system image on an external HDD. Download and open Rufus, switch from Select to Download in the dropdown, and click Download. Once it finishes downloading Windows, choose a pen drive to apply the Windows installer to. Leave the external HDD with the backup connected, restart into the pen drive, and click Next. Choose "Repair your computer" from the lower left, Troubleshoot, Advanced Options, System Image Recovery. Restore the image from the external HDD to the SATA SSD. Be sure to select the correct SSD. This will overwrite the SATA SSD.
    I don't know if the answer is "yes" or "no".  In the meantime I decided to try to create a recovery USB stick.  It went pretty well until the transfer stopped.  I was left with a USB drive that will waken the computer but does not see the MVNE drive.  Without the USB stick there is just blackness. I is still under warranty so shouldI just ship it back or is there a way to wake the darn thing up?

    To create a recovery stick, download an ISO for Windows. If it's Windows 10, use the Media Creation Tool and choose ISO File mode. If it's Windows 11, the ISO can be downloaded directly from the website. Use Rufus to apply the ISO to a pen drive. By the transfer stopping, does this refer to the process of creating a recovery stick stopping? So it's not possible to boot the original NVMe anymore?

  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 12,142 Trailblazer
    Robert45 said:
    I want to move windows and the boot sequence to the internal sata ssd drive from the from the nvme drive which is much smaller. Is there a practical way the make the change?

    First I don’t know what laptop you have, give us the model number, as getting a new bigger capacity M.2 drive is the best solution, putting an operating system on a spinner HDD will slow your laptop to a crawl and will be detrimental to the performance of your operating system when you will operate the boot drive from a spinner HDD. If you get a bigger capacity and a new M.2 drive then you can “Clone” the boot drive with Macrium Reflect or if you get a Samsung M.2 drive then Samsung has their own and very affective “Data Migration” cloning software and Magician software to tune the SSD drive. Also and always activate the TRIM in windows as that also increases SSD drives performance and efficiency. 


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