Solved How to clone OS from SATA SSD to NVMe SSD

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• Apr 29, 2023

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indeed I am doing clean-install. should be done in minutes. cannot waste too long time. (before this clone, I had tested Windows 11, working)

when PC is up, will post its pic.

 

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• Apr 29, 2023

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OS install just done.
It's Samsung 512 GB NVMe SSD. OS 200 GB. Data partition 300 GB.

 

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• Apr 29, 2023

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siliconbeaver said:

OS install just done.
It's Samsung 512 GB NVMe SSD. OS 200 GB. Data partition 300 GB.


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If I were you, I will keep the OS separate. M.2 SSD is a waste as a data storage. Use your old SSD for data so if your OS gets into trouble, you can easily deal with it fast without worrying about your data.

 

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• Apr 29, 2023

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Got you,


That will be also easier to do PC maintenance.

This time I was always worrying about data partition loss when clone or image. at final I went to clean install, one reason is I can control disk partition. to keep data partition intact.

badrobot said:

If I were you, I will keep the OS separate. M.2 SSD is a waste as a data storage. Use your old SSD for data so if your OS gets into trouble, you can easily deal with it fast without worrying about your data.

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My Computer

System One

• OS

  Windows 7/11

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  HP/Lenovo/Asus

  CPU

  Intel i7-11800H

  Motherboard

  Lenovo Legion 5i Pro Gen 6

  Memory

  32GB DDR4 3200MHz

  Graphics Card(s)

  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  Hard Drives

  1TB PCIe SSD

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• May 10, 2023

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Update

A way is to ghost disk-to-disk.

Did clone OS Windows 7 from SATA SSD to NVMe SSD. when done, bootup no issue.

 

My Computer

System One

• OS

  Windows 7/11

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  PC/Desktop

  Manufacturer/Model

  HP/Lenovo/Asus

  CPU

  Intel i7-11800H

  Motherboard

  Lenovo Legion 5i Pro Gen 6

  Memory

  32GB DDR4 3200MHz

  Graphics Card(s)

  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  Hard Drives

  1TB PCIe SSD