Cloned OS from SSD to m.2 SSD, Can Only Boot From m.2 When It Is The Only Drive

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mattyaquino

Jul 29, 2018
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Hi all,

I have currently cloned C: from a 120 GB SSD to a Samsung 250GB 970 EVO m.2 nVME SSD. If my original SS, my 1 TB HDD (for games and such) and the m.2 drive are connected, BIOS nor Windows Explorer does not detect the m.2 drive. However, if I ONLY have the m.2 drive connected, my Windows boots up and can use my PC as normal and BIOS can detect this drive. I currently have the m.2 slots set to PCIE.

If I try booting with my HDD plugged in alongside the m.2, my computer will power on for about a second and will not power on again until doing a full power cycle and plugging in the original SSD and HDD.

What am I missing to allow me to run Windows off the m.2 drive and then have the SSD and HDD as additional storage units? I cannot wipe the SSD drive because it still contains Windows on it from when I did the clone through the Samsung Data Migration application.

My MOBO is an ASUS Prime B360M-A. I know there are 2 m.2 ports and I have installed it into the one that supports SATA, but in BIOS i am running it as PCIe.

Please let me know if you need further details! Any support is greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

 
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I see your solution. I have seen that problem before and suspected it. The problem with the Samsung clone app is that it copies all the disk data including the disk ID so you cannot have both the original and clone on line simultaneously without further changing one of the drives.
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mattyaquino

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I found out what the problem was. Because I cloned it through Samsung Data Migration, I had 2 C Drives. I had to go in to my Disk Management and turn the m2 SSD online, which then mapped it in the E:, which then allowed me to change the boot selection through BIOS.
 
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karenjoly

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Your description seems confused . First scenario suggests that the system will not allow the three drives at one time (M2 is missing) but scenario two says : if I try booting with my HDD plugged in alongside the m.2, my computer will power on for about a second and will not power on again until doing a full power cycle and plugging in the original SSD and HDD ( so the three ARE on line). I also do not understand why you say you cannot wipe the original ssd because it has windows on it.


Perhaps you could redo the two descriptions to identify which drive is the boot drive for each scenario.


I take it that scenario two has the M2 as the boot drive and the other two are eventually brought online .The data size of the M2 should fit back onto the original ssd so clone the M2 to the ssd and keep that ssd current as a back up drive, Then transfer your apps and other files from the HDD to the M2 and format the hdd.Then transfer the games, etc.data back to the HDD and continue to use the third drive is storage.

Easy peasy lol.

 
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karenjoly

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I see your solution. I have seen that problem before and suspected it. The problem with the Samsung clone app is that it copies all the disk data including the disk ID so you cannot have both the original and clone on line simultaneously without further changing one of the drives.
 
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