How to clone to new computer with M.2?

Hi,

I used Macrium once and it worked fine that time. Now I have a problem for another computer, I guess it's about boot disks that is the problem.

My setup.

Computer 1 (my old), C drive 120Gb SSD (this old computer doesn't support M.2)
Computer 2 (new). C drive 250Gb SSD. This disk will be removed after when everything is done. I have a new M.2 1Tb disk also in this computer.

I want to clone Computer 1 C drive to Computer 2 M2 disk and after that use the M.2 disk as C in Computer 2. The 120Gb and 250Gb will not be used at all in Computer 2.

How should I do this with Macrium Reflect?

I tried to insert the 120Gb in Computer 2 and cloned it to M.2 successfully, but it will not boot after that. I only get the black screen with cursor.

Thanks.

If I understood correctly:

1. You want to move the operating system from a disk in computer 1 to a different disk in computer 2

2. The source disk is a sata ssd. The target disk is m.2 by which presumably you mean it is an nvme disk?

Is the source disk gpt partition style?


There are programs that are reliable for os clone/migration.

If you want to do it with macrium, it might be better doing a 2 step process of image and restore. It doesn't appear to be great at cloning.

If you want to do it with macrium, it might be better doing a 2 step process of image and restore. It doesn't appear to be great at cloning

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Clone can be hit or miss but Macrium is the only program I have used that made a successful clone. However, I do the full disc (all partition) disc image to separate media then restore that to the target drive.

For cloning, clone the entire drive (all partitions) not just the "C drive" as that will result in boot failure. Its one fairly common clone failure.

The C disk in Computer 1 is MBR.

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I don't need to use Macrium, I'll use whatever. Macrium was free that's why I used it before and then there were no problems.

[We are assuming the m.2 is nvme , but that is not necessarily the case. Sata ssd are also available in m.2 form]

It sounds like you want to do sata mbr > nvme gpt

In that situation, I would convert the source disk to gpt. You could try mbr2gpt to do that. Then make sure it boots on the new machine.

After that, do os migration from the sata ssd to the nvme using the free version of disk genius. Or if it is a samsung disk , you could alternatively use samsung migration software.

Unless you want to keep the using the sata ssd in the old machine and the old machine doesn't support efi boot ?

SIW2 said:

[We are assuming the m.2 is nvme , but that is not necessarily the case. Sata ssd are also available in m.2 form]

It sounds like you want to do sata mbr > nvme gpt

In that situation, I would convert the source disk to gpt. You could try mbr2gpt to do that. Then make sure it boots on the new machine.

After that, do os migration from the sata ssd to the nvme using the free version of disk genius. Or if it is a samsung disk , you could alternatively use samsung migration software.

Unless you want to keep the using the sata ssd in the old machine and the old machine doesn't support efi boot ?

I suppose I want to backup my disk before the conversion? How should I do that and with what?

There are many ways to make a backup, if you already have macrium then might as well use that to make a backup image.

SIW2 said:

[We are assuming the m.2 is nvme , but that is not necessarily the case. Sata ssd are also available in m.2 form]

It sounds like you want to do sata mbr > nvme gpt

In that situation, I would convert the source disk to gpt. You could try mbr2gpt to do that. Then make sure it boots on the new machine.

After that, do os migration from the sata ssd to the nvme using the free version of disk genius. Or if it is a samsung disk , you could alternatively use samsung migration software.

Unless you want to keep the using the sata ssd in the old machine and the old machine doesn't support efi boot ?

The source is Samsung but destination Kingston.

Won't the operating system transfered from one motherboard to another be totally incompatible, or am I missing the point? I have often cloned the C drive to another disk to replace the original disk in the same pc. I favour Mini Tool Partition Wizard 10 free version, but Macrium is a popular choice.