Samsung 840EVO 250gb migration issue

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I've been trying to migrate my current C disk to my new SSD by using the samsung data migration (updated to the newest version) tool. I tried to do it first by using easUS partition master, but my target drive was apperantly too small. My current C disk is 300gb, and my SSD is 250gb, however I've cleared up more then enough space (about 100gb of unused space) for the 250gb ssd to hold the content of the HDD. So I gave the samsung data migration tool a try. This tool tells me to use a USB to SATA connector when I'm migrating the files. I do not have one of these so I connected my SSD directly through the internal SATA ports. I don't see how this would cause a problem. But, when I start the migrating process it goes up to 8mb and stops. The error that pops up is "Cloning Failed. An error occurred while defragmenting the disk. 308300[04b44c]". I have tried defragmenting my C disk and it still happens. Do I really need to get a USB to SATA connector for it to work? Am I missing something obvious here? I also read that someone recommended to use secure erase tool in samsung magician on the SSD, but there's nothing to delete on the SSD since it's brand new. Any ideas?

EDIT: My OS is Windows 8.1 64-bit

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Moffinz
 
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SSD's are not like HDD's. A secure erase on a SSD resets all the bits. So that it can be written to faster. That is what the trim function does with SSD's. If the trim function is not working, the SSD will slow down noticeably and may malfunction easier too.

You are probably gonna have to re-install windows from scratch and I would highly suggest a secure erase just before you do install windows. Make sure you have the latest firmware too. Samsung has just updated the firmware to correct a major problem with the 840 Evo SSD series.
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Thanks for the reply!
My SSD is completely empty, so there is nothing to erase. It could very well be that my C disk is damaged in some way, because it is very old, and quite heavily used. However when I use it normally I don't experience any problems with it. I'll fiddle around with some stuff and see if I can make this work.

 
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SSD's are not like HDD's. A secure erase on a SSD resets all the bits. So that it can be written to faster. That is what the trim function does with SSD's. If the trim function is not working, the SSD will slow down noticeably and may malfunction easier too.

You are probably gonna have to re-install windows from scratch and I would highly suggest a secure erase just before you do install windows. Make sure you have the latest firmware too. Samsung has just updated the firmware to correct a major problem with the 840 Evo SSD series.
 
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Samsung Magician wont let me run secure erase on my SSD for some reason. I guess I can just reinstall windows on my SSD. Thanks for your help :)
 
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