Question Cloning from SATA to NVME

[retab12332]

How to clone my M.2 WD SATA ssd to a WD_BLACK SN850X Gen 4 PCIe ssd. I could not find the NVME driver.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Let me guess, Win7?

You'll need to pre-install the Win7 NVMe driver from MS. Which I understand has been pulled.

 

[retab12332]

Let me guess, Win7?

You'll need to pre-install the Win7 NVMe driver from MS. Which I understand has been pulled.

This is windows 10.

 

[Tech Junky]

Clonezilla will do any drive cloning.

 

[In2Photos]

I used a USB to NVME adapter and Macrium without any issues. Sabrent USB 3.2 Type-C Tool-Free... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RVC6F9Y?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

[retab12332]

I used a USB to NVME adapter and Macrium without any issues. Sabrent USB 3.2 Type-C Tool-Free... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RVC6F9Y?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

This enclosure auto installs a WD NVME driver ?!

 

[retab12332]

Clonezilla will do any drive cloning.

CloneZilla auto provides a WD NVME driver ?

 

[VirtualLarry]

What's wrong with the Win10 built-in NVMe driver?

 

[In2Photos]

This enclosure auto installs a WD NVME driver ?!

I doubt it did but it worked with a WD SN750 drive.

 

[Tech Junky]

Auto launching a driver for a drive isn't something an enclosure would do. The os is where the driver needs to be. Clonezilla is a lightweight version of Linux which has the current drivers for disks. I've used it with multiple NVME drives recently and not a one wasn't detected or cloned.

 

[retab12332]

What's wrong with the Win10 built-in NVMe driver?

Theres no windows 10 built-in NVME driver.

 

[In2Photos]

So the drive does not appear in BIOS or Windows after installing it? What motherboard are you using? And which m.2 slot are you installing the drive?

 

[retab12332]

So the drive does not appear in BIOS or Windows after installing it? What motherboard are you using? And which m.2 slot are you installing the drive?

I click on the drive during BOOT, but windows does not boot up. ASUS Z690-A. Its on a slot that supports PCIe 4.0 x4. I tried all the slots already.

 

[In2Photos]

Does the PC boot from the SATA SSD?

 

[Tech Junky]

Did you remove the SATA drive after you cloned it?

If you cloned an existing UEFI drive it also copied the GPT UUID's associated with it and will cause a conflict until you remove the SATA drive or blow away the partition table and generate new UUID's for it. A quick fix would be booting into Linux from a USB drive and using gparted to change the drive properties / remove / change the UUID info to make it readable form UEFI to boot to Windows.

 

[retab12332]

Does the PC boot from the SATA SSD?

Yes, the windows 10 in the SATA ssd has no problems.

 

[In2Photos]

Yes, the windows 10 in the SATA ssd has no problems.

So did you clone the drive? Can you see the m.2 in Windows?

 

[retab12332]

So did you clone the drive? Can you see the m.2 in Windows?

The cloning works but since the source is SATA, i guess its not compatible with NVME. It just wont boot. The files are there. Is there a software that does this automatically like how the SAMSUNG DATA MIGRATION does it.

 

[In2Photos]

The cloning works but since the source is SATA, i guess its not compatible with NVME. It just wont boot. The files are there. Is there a software that does this automatically like how the SAMSUNG DATA MIGRATION does it.

What software did you use to clone it? Did you disconnect the SATA drive as Tech Junky mentioned?

 

[retab12332]

What software did you use to clone it? Did you disconnect the SATA drive as Tech Junky mentioned?

I used Macrium Reflect, and Yes, I disconnected the SATA drive after cloning. The NVME drive was the only drive in the entire desktop.

 

[In2Photos]

I used Macrium Reflect, and Yes, I disconnected the SATA drive after cloning. The NVME drive was the only drive in the entire desktop.

Ok. Did you include all of the partitions from the SATA SSD?

 

[retab12332]

Ok. Did you include all of the partitions from the SATA SSD?

Everything

 

[In2Photos]

Reconnect the SATA drive, leave the NVME installed and boot into Windows. Go to disk management and share a screenshot of your drives.

 

[retab12332]

Reconnect the SATA drive, leave the NVME installed and boot into Windows. Go to disk management and share a screenshot of your drives.

All partitions are cloned. No other drives are connected. Is there any WD software that has NVME driver ? What if people want to clone from HDD ? Then all their data are screwed ??

 

[sdifox]

Just download win10 installer on usb stick, have only the nvme in the machine connected and do a windows repair. That should fix up the uefi nvme boot issue. Nothing to do with nvme driver really.