Problem cloning M2 SSD... Need help!

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Dear all,

I am having problem cloning my laptop ssd.

I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series laptop running win 10 with a single slot for SSD. It came with Hynix SATA M2 SSD 256GB.

I checked online and the laptop manual. This laptop should be able to support NVME M2 SSD so I went ahead and bought a Samsung Evo 970 NVME M2 500GB SSD.

Due to single SSD slot, I used a NVME SSD enclousure for the Samsung Evo and connect it via usbC.

I used different software namely EaseUS todo and Aomei backupper to clone but it ends up with the same issue that is the cloned ssd will always stuck at loading page and keeps reloading.

I did not try clonezilla because it seems complicated with many steps and I worried I might screw up. I am also not sure whether I should use macrium reflect.

Initially I thought that maybe it is because of the encrypted bitlocker so I decrypt it but it is still the same problem.

Please kindly advise how or what steps I should do to have a successful cloned SSD or should I get back a SATA M2 which may/could solve this issue?

Thank you all and I appreciate any help I can get.
 
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normally sata slot and pcie is not interchangeable. You can test with the samsung in the slot see if appears in bios. If that doesnt work no point trying to clone
 
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aurorama said:
Dear all,

I am having problem cloning my laptop ssd.

I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series laptop running win 10 with a single slot for SSD. It came with Hynix SATA M2 SSD 256GB.

I checked online and the laptop manual. This laptop should be able to support NVME M2 SSD so I went ahead and bought a Samsung Evo 970 NVME M2 500GB SSD.

Due to single SSD slot, I used a NVME SSD enclousure for the Samsung Evo and connect it via usbC.

I used different software namely EaseUS todo and Aomei backupper to clone but it ends up with the same issue that is the cloned ssd will always stuck at loading page and keeps reloading.

I did not try clonezilla because it seems complicated with many steps and I worried I might screw up. I am also not sure whether I should use macrium reflect.

Initially I thought that maybe it is because of the encrypted bitlocker so I decrypt it but it is still the same problem.

Please kindly advise how or what steps I should do to have a successful cloned SSD or should I get back a SATA M2 which may/could solve this issue?

Thank you all and I appreciate any help I can get.
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To clarify, when you say stuck at loading page, is referring to cloning process or windows OS ?
 
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yusoffb01 said:
normally sata slot and pcie is not interchangeable. You can test with the samsung in the slot see if appears in bios. If that doesnt work no point trying to clone
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It appears in the BIOS... I can see the Samsung SSD in the BIOS...
 
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this case seems similiar to yours
https://www.dell.com/community/Insp...7567-can-not-boot-from-SSD/m-p/6117757#M25589

aurorama said:
Dear all,

I am having problem cloning my laptop ssd.

I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series laptop running win 10 with a single slot for SSD. It came with Hynix SATA M2 SSD 256GB.

I checked online and the laptop manual. This laptop should be able to support NVME M2 SSD so I went ahead and bought a Samsung Evo 970 NVME M2 500GB SSD.

Due to single SSD slot, I used a NVME SSD enclousure for the Samsung Evo and connect it via usbC.

I used different software namely EaseUS todo and Aomei backupper to clone but it ends up with the same issue that is the cloned ssd will always stuck at loading page and keeps reloading.

I did not try clonezilla because it seems complicated with many steps and I worried I might screw up. I am also not sure whether I should use macrium reflect.

Initially I thought that maybe it is because of the encrypted bitlocker so I decrypt it but it is still the same problem.

Please kindly advise how or what steps I should do to have a successful cloned SSD or should I get back a SATA M2 which may/could solve this issue?

Thank you all and I appreciate any help I can get.
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Back up your data from current SSD than install fresh.
Stuck at Windows screen maybe due to the SATA driver
issue since NVME will need RAID driver for it.

Anyway fresh install you will feel the speed of the NVME
than clone over.
 
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Try this method?

Extract the cloning software to USB thumbdrive or cd as bootable.

Use the cloning software to backup old SSD as image on a separate usb storage, not the intended replacement m2 nvme ssd.

Then swap the m2 ssd, use the cloning software to restore the backup image back to the new M2 nvme ssd.
 
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aurorama said:
Dear all,

I am having problem cloning my laptop ssd.

I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series laptop running win 10 with a single slot for SSD. It came with Hynix SATA M2 SSD 256GB.

I checked online and the laptop manual. This laptop should be able to support NVME M2 SSD so I went ahead and bought a Samsung Evo 970 NVME M2 500GB SSD.

Due to single SSD slot, I used a NVME SSD enclousure for the Samsung Evo and connect it via usbC.

I used different software namely EaseUS todo and Aomei backupper to clone but it ends up with the same issue that is the cloned ssd will always stuck at loading page and keeps reloading.

I did not try clonezilla because it seems complicated with many steps and I worried I might screw up. I am also not sure whether I should use macrium reflect.

Initially I thought that maybe it is because of the encrypted bitlocker so I decrypt it but it is still the same problem.

Please kindly advise how or what steps I should do to have a successful cloned SSD or should I get back a SATA M2 which may/could solve this issue?

Thank you all and I appreciate any help I can get.
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Safer product to use for me is always Acronis. Use version 2016 and higher as it support Win10 GBT partition.

It has version to boot up from CD/DVD or USB flash drive. So your original OS is not touched during the process.
 
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speedstream said:
Try this method?

Extract the cloning software to USB thumbdrive or cd as bootable.

Use the cloning software to backup old SSD as image on a separate usb storage, not the intended replacement m2 nvme ssd.

Then swap the m2 ssd, use the cloning software to restore the backup image back to the new M2 nvme ssd.
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That's right, this is the safest way to do.
 
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clone to usb in the form of iso or whatever raw file

install new ssd

store it back from usb
 
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