Can't clone HD to my new Samsung EVO SSD

kingtosh82 · Dec 9, 2015

I purchased a new Samsung EVO 500GB SSD. I also bought a Orico enclosure. I have a brand new Asus laptop with Win 10. It has a 1TB hard drive that is partitioned into 2 parts (one for OS, one for data). When I try to clone my HD to my SSD with Macrium, it fails 3 seconds after I begin the cloning process. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I scanned for file system errors on the drive but no errors came up.

Only thing I can think of is that the SSD is SATA III, but the Orico enclosure only technically says it supports SATA I and II. But if that was the case, I don't think I'd be able to read and format the drive.

Here's screenshots and the error log.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4eqy5c2i6srewkg/AABPnTYaYE-2W3yKtSOVyPBha?dl=0

I spent a whole week setting up the computer to my liking. Reallllly don't want to reformat my HD.

Any ideas?

Boogieman_WD · Dec 9, 2015

Hey there, kingtosh82. Welcome to the community!

Congrats on the new laptop.

So I assume you've connected the SSD via the above mentioned enclosure? If this is the case, make sure that you have its driver up to data, or try reinstalling it. You could also try a different drive with the enclosure (if you have that option), to see if the same thing happens again. You could also contact the cloning program developer's customer support and ask for assistance on how to deal with this issue.
Another option would be to follow this tutorial on how to migrate your OS to an SSD: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD

kingtosh82 · Dec 9, 2015

Boogieman_WD :

Hey there, kingtosh82. Welcome to the community!

Congrats on the new laptop.

So I assume you've connected the SSD via the above mentioned enclosure? If this is the case, make sure that you have its driver up to data, or try reinstalling it. You could also try a different drive with the enclosure (if you have that option), to see if the same thing happens again. You could also contact the cloning program developer's customer support and ask for assistance on how to deal with this issue.
Another option would be to follow this tutorial on how to migrate your OS to an SSD: http://lifehacker.com/5837543/how-to-migrate-to-a-solid-state-drive-without-reinstalling-windows.

Thanks for the reply. I just did the cumulative November update for Win10. Did another chkdsk and everything is fine. Same error pops up in Macrium when trying to clone.

I have a feeling that the enclosure is causing the issue. On Amazon, it only lists SATA I and II compatibility, while my SSD is SATA III. I ordered a new sata to usb cable that supports SATA III, but it's not arriving until next week. I really hope that is the issue. I will post back.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD

kingtosh82 · Dec 11, 2015

Just to let everyone know, I managed to fix my problem. I ended up downloading the latest version of Samsung's software to clone the HD to the SSD. Worked flawlessly. I was worried it wasn't going to copy the small, hidden Recovery partitions on my C:/, but it did.

Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions!

Boogieman_WD · Dec 11, 2015

Sure thing mate. I'm glad everything turned out fine in the end.

Cheers!

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