If I click on it says I need to format the drive for it to be seen, and if I click the X it says 'The volume does not contain a recognized file system. All three have power and are plugged into the motherboard but the computer only see's two at a time, or it'll see all 3 but one will not be accessible. I've got a 3TB HDD, the old 256gb SSD and the new 1TB ssd. I've got a new problem now though, the new drive works great but now my computer only wants to recognize 2 of my 3 drives at a time. It allows you to do that within the pgm.Īh, I tried looking for the edit link but didn't see it. Btw, that is what I was referring to in post above by using EaseUS's 'edit' link. Thanks everyone for the help!įor reference here's a link that shows how to do it (method 2) Now I've got the proper amount of space available.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.ĭelete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:įigured it out, had to go into disk management and right click the primary partition and click extend. Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure. It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.

Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive

This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD Select ALL the partitions on the existing C driveĭisconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD

Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration) Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSDĭownload and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)ĭisconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD Specific steps for a successful clone operation: 'I downloaded EaseUS Todo Backup like everyone says.'

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