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.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Theres no windows 10 built-in NVME driver.

It's called StoNVME, and is indeed built-in.

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.

That'd be easiest. I wonder if it's a BIOS issue? Perhaps Windows is installed in BIOS-mode? Windows needs UEFI-mode to boot to an NVMe drive, unlike Linux.

If so, there are a few more steps to go though. Easy enough though.

 

[Leeea]

I did this recently.

Converted from MBR to GPT, cloned to NVMe, and resized the partitions.

Bit of a pain, think I used clonezilla, gpart, bcdedit, and bcdboot.


I am on windows 10, it did not need a special driver or anything.

 

[Leeea]

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.

oh, yea, that.

I am sorry:

diskpart

Reference article for the diskpart command interpreter, which helps you manage your computer's drives.

docs.microsoft.com

BCDBoot Command-Line Options

BCDBoot Command-Line Options

docs.microsoft.com

BCDEdit Command-Line Options

BCDEdit is a command-line tool for managing Boot Configuration Data (BCD).

docs.microsoft.com

On mine I had to create a new boot store, and then write the config data for that boot store to UEFI. Was a bit of a pain.


The only thing I used bcdedit for in the end was list entries, think I did all the adding with bcdboot.

I also had to create the efi partition first, I used GPART to make space, and then windows DISKPART to create the partition as type efi.



ps: I have a ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (WiFi 6) AM4

 

[retab12332]

Bit of a pain, think I used clonezilla, gpart, bcdedit, and bcdboot.

Clonezilla is too advanced for me

 

[Tech Junky]

Clonezilla is too advanced for me

Pick the source, pick the destination, hit go.

Doing a disk to disk is easier than selecting partitions.

 

[Leeea]

Clonezilla is too advanced for me

Take it to your local PC repair and explain what you want.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

Take it to your local PC repair and explain what you want.

I'm going to have to agree with this.