Besides, Samsung Data Migration may not work for cloning drives with do not have Windows installed, and you cannot use it to clone hard drive to SSD that is not Samsung brand. You may meet the errors such as “ Samsung Data migration not enough space”, “Samsung Data Migration not working” that may cause Samsung Data Migration cloning failed. However, not everyone can use Samsung Data Migration to clone hard drive to SSD successfully.
#HOW TO USE SAMSUNG DATA MIGRATION INSTALL#
Quit the program and you can shut down the system and install the new disk. When the process is finished, it will display you “The data on the source disk has been cloned to your Samsung SSD”.
Then, click Yes to continue and the cloning process will now begin.Ĥ. So you need to close all running files before cloning, and make sure you pick the right disk as the target disk, or you can backup disk in advance. Also, files on the Source Disk that are open cannot be cloned.
It will give you a warning to remind you that all data on the Target Disk will be deleted and cannot be recovered. And here, you need to make sure the drive you want to clone from is selected as the source disk, and the new Samsung SSD is selected as the target disk. This software will display you the source and target drive. Here you need to click on Start in the bottom righthand corner.Ģ. Launch your Samsung Data Migration software (You may need to download the software from Samsung’s website). Connect your new Samsung SSD to your PC based-on Windows 10 OS.
#HOW TO USE SAMSUNG DATA MIGRATION HOW TO#
It is not complicated and you can follow the steps below to learn how to use Samsung Data Migration on Windows 10:ġ. Samsung Data Migration clone will walk through the process of cloning an existing Windows system hard drive to a new Samsung SSD. *This same software may not work for cloning drives with do not have Windows installed. The last version of Samsung Data Migration offers support for Windows 10. It also allows you to clone a larger capacity drive to a smaller Samsung SSD. Samsung Data Migration (SDM) is a data migration software that allows you to transfer over all existing files and programs from a current HDD or SSD to a new Samsung drive such as Samsung 850 EVO SSD, Samsung 840 Pro SSD, etc.