Installing a new SSD and going from NTFS to EUFI

I can't create a system image, haven't got a storage available big enough. (1,200,000 GB or something?)

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NavyLCDR said:

Run the following commands in command prompt with admin:

Code:

diskpart
select volume c
active
exit
bcdboot C:\Windows /s C: /f BIOS
exit

Then boot the computer and go into BIOS settings and set Disk 0 as the first disk in the boot priority order. Once you are actually booting the computer from disk 0, then you will be able to run mbr2gpt on it. Right now you are booting from disk 1.

Can I run these without doing a system image backup?

Course you can Malcolm.

SIW2 said:

Course you can Malcolm.

I meant safely...

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NavyLCDR said:

Run the following commands in command prompt with admin:

Code:

diskpart
select volume c
active
exit
bcdboot C:\Windows /s C: /f BIOS
exit

Then boot the computer and go into BIOS settings and set Disk 0 as the first disk in the boot priority order. Once you are actually booting the computer from disk 0, then you will be able to run mbr2gpt on it. Right now you are booting from disk 1.

OK, I have done this and can see that "system" is now on C drive.

So now I should be OK to use aomei to convert C to GPT?

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OK,. I have run the mbr2gpt ( mbr2gpt /convert /allowfullOS) and it's come up with

MBR2GPT: Conversion completed successfullyCall WinReReapir to repair WinREMBR2GPT: Failed to update ReAgent.xml, please try to manually disable and enable WinRE.MBR2GPT: Before the new system can boot properly you need to switch the firmware to boot to UEFI mode!

Do I just type in WinReReapir into the command prompt?

I've kept it open just in case.





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Megahertz said:

Disable Recovery environment
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
Reagentc /disable


Shutdown and detach (SATA or power cable) Drive 1 (Data) and Drive 2 (Backup Data) from the MB and set BIOS as UEFI.
Once booting normally into UEFI, you can install the Samsung 980 and clone the MX500 into the 980.
When cloning put the partitions on this order
- EFI - Fat32 - 100M
- MSR - RAW - 16M
- C: - NTFS
- Recovery - NTFS (try to enlarge the partition to 850M)
Boot from the 980.
Shutdown and attach back Drive 1 (Data) and Drive 2 (Backup Data) from the MB.

Enable recovery environment
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
Reagentc /enable

Reagentc /info (to check status)

I'm not quite ready to instal the new M.2 yet, so I need to still remove the SATA from 1 and 2 and do the enable?

I've tried to do it already but it will not enable, I assume it's because the 1 and 2 drives are still attached?

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Have you rebooted into efi mode?

SIW2 said:

Have you rebooted into efi mode?

Yep, changed to EUFI in boot menu, it all boots up ok