GPT partitioning - switching partition order, adding partition at begi

Post a screen shot from disk manager so we can see with full detail and what you want to do in detail

@pclam


We need a Disk Management screen shot expanded, like this... that shows... everything...

Your GPT Initialized M.2 SSD with an EFI FAT 32 partition 16MB MSRP, OS and Recovery partition are the standard Windows partitions for UEFI Bios / GPT initialized disk for this setup.
But you say this is a DATA drive? You would not need these partitions for DATA only. Just a single NTFS partition, unless you had Windows installed before on this disk.

Rather than move an EFI partition from one Disk to another, the easiest, cleanest and fastest way is to do a Clean Install on your M.2 SSD, Reinstall your apps, and then copy the User files you want keep from your other drive.

@pclam

You have to explain it better, because nothing is clear! The partition structure on the target NVMe has to be prepared first and when you do everything in the right way, you just have to transfer the C-Partition to the NVMe. The rest can be configured easily:

What about (L:) and (D:) ?

What is the size of your new NVMe-Disk?

like this?
1. EFI-Partition ==> 260 MB
2. MSR-Partition ==> 16 MB
3. C-Partition ==> 740 GB
4. Recovery-Partition ==> 1 GB

I want to do some cleanup

Not sure what you mean by that. If there is stuff on the os partition that you dont want to tranfer, Wincopy is ideal because you can exclude anything using the wimscript.ini file.

edit wimscript.ini



Example wimscript.ini could look like this, exclusions can be altered depending the situation

Code:

[ExclusionList]
\hiberfil.sys
\pagefile.sys
\swapfile.sys
\System Volume Information
\$Recycle.Bin\*
\Recycler
\Recycled
\Windows\CSC
\winpepge.sys
\$windows.~ls
\$windows.~bt
\Recovery.txt
\bootsect.bak
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ScenariosSqlStore\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\EventStore.db
\ProgramData\Microsoft\DiagnosticLogCSP\Collectors\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\edb*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\SmsRouter\MessageStore\edb*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SQM
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Support\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Security Health\Logs\*
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\wfp\*.etl
\ProgramData\USOShared\Logs\*
;\stuff
;\Users\Administrator
\Users\*\NTUSER.DAT*.TM.blf
\Users\*\NTUSER.DAT*.regtrans-ms
\Users\*\NTUSER.DAT*.log*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_64\UsageLogs\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\*.log
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\*.txt
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\*.etl
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Media Player\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\*
\Users\*\AppData\Local\Icon*
\Windows\AppCompat\Programs\Amcache.hve*.TM.blf
\Windows\AppCompat\Programs\Amcache.hve*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\AppCompat\Programs\Amcache.hve*.log*
\Windows\CSC
\Windows\Debug\*
\Windows\inf\*.etl
\Windows\inf\*.ev*
\Windows\inf\*.log
\Windows\Logs\CBS\*
\Windows\Logs\DISM
\Windows\Logs\DPX
\Windows\Logs\dosvc\*
\Windows\Logs\NetSetup
\Windows\Logs\waasmedic\*
\Windows\Logs\WindowsUpdate\*
\Windows\Logs\PBR
\Windows\Logs\*.log
\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\*.log
\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\*.log
\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\*.log
\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\*.log
\Windows\Panther\*.etl
\Windows\Panther\*.log
\Windows\Panther\FastCleanup
\Windows\Panther\img
;\Windows\Panther\Licenses
\Windows\Panther\MigLog*.xml
\Windows\Panther\Resources
\Windows\Panther\Rollback
\Windows\Panther\Setup*
\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC
\Windows\Panther\upgradematrix
\Windows\Prefetch\*
\Windows\security\database\*.chk
\Windows\security\database\*.log
\Windows\security\database\*.jrs
\Windows\security\logs\*
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache-FontFace.dat
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache-S-1-5-21*.dat
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\*
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\NTUSER.DAT*.TM.blf
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\NTUSER.DAT*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\NTUSER.DAT*.log*
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\NTUSER.DAT*.TM.blf
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\NTUSER.DAT*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\NTUSER.DAT*.log*
\Windows\servicing\Packages\wuindex.xml
\Windows\servicing\Sessions\*_*.xml
\Windows\servicing\Sessions\Sessions.back.xml
\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
\Windows\System32\catroot2\*.txt
\Windows\System32\catroot2\*.chk
\Windows\System32\catroot2\*.log
\Windows\System32\catroot2\*.jrs
\Windows\System32\config1
\Windows\System32\config\*.TM.blf
\Windows\System32\config\*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\System32\config\*.log*
\Windows\System32\config\*.SAV
\Windows\System32\config\*.reg
\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\*
\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\*.TM.blf
\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\*.log*
\Windows\System32\config\TxR\*.blf
\Windows\System32\config\TxR\*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\System32\CodeIntegrity\bootcat.cache
\Windows\System32\LogFiles\AIT\*
\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Scm\*
\Windows\System32\LogFiles\SQM\*
\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI\*.etl*
\Windows\System32\LogFiles\WMI\RtBackup\*.etl
\Windows\System32\SleepStudy\*.etl
\Windows\System32\SleepStudy\ScreenOn\*.etl
\Windows\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\SCHEMA.DAT*.TM.blf
\Windows\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\SCHEMA.DAT*.regtrans-ms
\Windows\System32\SMI\Store\Machine\SCHEMA.DAT*.log*
\Windows\System32\sru\*.txt
\Windows\System32\sru\*.chk
\Windows\System32\sru\*.log
\Windows\System32\sru\*.jrs
\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther
\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Sysprep_succeeded.tag
\Windows\System32\wdi\LogFiles\*
\Windows\System32\wfp\*.etl
\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs\*
\Windows\System32\winevt\TraceFormat\*
\Windows\Temp\*
\Windows\WinSxS\Backup
\Windows\WinSxS\ManifestCache\*
\Windows\WinSxS\Temp\*
\Windows\*.log

[CompressionExclusionList]
*.mp3
*.zip
*.cab
*.wmv
*.wma
*.wim
*.esd
*.swm
*.dvr-ms
\windows\inf\*.pnf
*.rar
*.7z

spunk said:

Your GPT Initialized M.2 SSD with an EFI FAT 32 partition 16MB MSRP, OS and Recovery partition are the standard Windows partitions for UEFI Bios / GPT initialized disk for this setup.
But you say this is a DATA drive? You would not need these partitions for DATA only. Just a single NTFS partition, unless you had Windows installed before on this disk.

Rather than move an EFI partition from one Disk to another, the easiest, cleanest and fastest way is to do a Clean Install on your M.2 SSD, Reinstall your apps, and then copy the User files you want keep from your other drive.

Oh - the dreaded "Nuke it on high" solution.

Simpler: image backup with Macrium Reflect, restore partitions in preferred order.
Takes a fraction of the time of the "Nuke it on high option"!!!