New SSD refuses to boot *Resolved*

[Blaze]

 

I have tried cloning the old disk to the new.

I have tried system image restore to new disk.
I have tried full back up and restore to new disk.
I have swapped the SSD's physical location.
I have tried installing windows on new SSD (refuses to install on it).

Doesn't seem to matter what I do, it refuses to behave itsself.

Old ssd is Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB

New is Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB.

 

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Blaze

[jointz]

Was it able to format it to the right format for the system? Is it setup for secure boot. I assume it's windows 10 your trying to put on it

 

Edited March 4, 2022 by jointz

[WeednFeed]

Are you using the Samsung cloning software? I did this a few years ago.

@KaptCrunch clued me into the software. SDM Samsung Data Management 

I’m not that smart I just followed the prompts in the software and it was flawless. Once I had it cloned he old system kept booting up on the old disk. I simply unplugged that original SSD. I know I should have just changed the location r the priority of the new disk to be the boot up but I just left it with the old ssd unplugged 

Edited March 4, 2022 by WeednFeed

[Blaze]

I spoke to Samsung and they decided the ssd was faulty so I have returned it. I think I will wait until my refund comes through and maybe go for a slightly larger 2tb evo plus (which is the same spec as my existing, just larger). It won't have the same wowzer speed as the pro, but its double the size for an extra £40!!

Thanks for the suggestions.

[jointz]

I know you probably prefer the space I personally would prefer the speed. If possible. 

[KaptCrunch]

2 hours ago, jointz said:

I know you probably prefer the space I personally would prefer the speed. If possible. 

ah you young guys  quiik to shoot   LOL

Blaze might be the SSD is unformatted  or  wrong format GPT need NTFS for windows OS

Edited March 5, 2022 by KaptCrunch

[Blaze]

9 hours ago, jointz said:

I know you probably prefer the space I personally would prefer the speed. If possible. 

I know, and that's why I originally went for the pro, but tbh everything else is much slower so it's throttled and never achieves the top speeds. The evolution plus I have is more than fast enough, I just need more space.

[Blaze]

6 hours ago, KaptCrunch said:

ah you young guys  quiik to shoot   LOL

Blaze might be the SSD is unformatted  or  wrong format GPT need NTFS for windows OS

Yeah I left it uninitialized so there was a clean set up each time. That way whatever software I was using would automatically make it the correct format. Windows installation tool requires it to be that and formats and creates the partitions before installing. It just wasn't cooperating at all.

[Blaze]

19 hours ago, WeednFeed said:

Are you using the Samsung cloning software? I did this a few years ago.

@KaptCrunch clued me into the software. SDM Samsung Data Management 

I’m not that smart I just followed the prompts in the software and it was flawless. Once I had it cloned he old system kept booting up on the old disk. I simply unplugged that original SSD. I know I should have just changed the location r the priority of the new disk to be the boot up but I just left it with the old ssd unplugged 

I did download the samsung magician, but never got around to installing it as the windows install failed first. I was using Novabackup at boot to clone the disk. It might be an idea next time, but I think it would still have failed. Samsung won't get very far by forcing people to use proprietary software to use their hardware.

[TheHammer]

i use the samsung data migration software and also  buy the way make sure your motherboard will see a 2 tb drive i also choose the speed and have the 1tb evo plus  make sure you have the secure boot on in the bios if you want to upgrade to windows 11 because it wont let you  ungrade if your set to ahci  or raid mode  

 

[Krackennutz]

Guessing when you did do your install and it booted from old disc, you went into Disk Management and assigned new  drive letter  to neew drive,if it was not assigned a drive letter then all it will do is boot off old drives

[WeednFeed]

9 minutes ago, Krackennutz said:

Guessing when you did do your install and it booted from old disc, you went into Disk Management and assigned new  drive letter  to neew drive,if it was not assigned a drive letter then all it will do is boot off old drives

This is why I just unplugged the original ssd. I have just sitting in the case. I was just thinking I’d leave in case the new ssd fails I’ll have my operating system intact. The lazy man’s backup lol.

[Blaze]

2 hours ago, TheHammer said:

i use the samsung data migration software and also  buy the way make sure your motherboard will see a 2 tb drive i also choose the speed and have the 1tb evo plus  make sure you have the secure boot on in the bios if you want to upgrade to windows 11 because it wont let you  ungrade if your set to ahci  or raid mode  

 

Yeah I have an Evo plus now, but the pro is almost twice the speeds. its pricey though, extra £50 for equivalent evo plus.

1 hour ago, Krackennutz said:

Guessing when you did do your install and it booted from old disc, you went into Disk Management and assigned new  drive letter  to neew drive,if it was not assigned a drive letter then all it will do is boot off old drives

Yeah, it was all set up correctly. Drive letter gets assigne automatically when you clone, or when you run a restore from a full back up. Also I was remembering to select it as the boot device in Bios, It just wasn't booting or accepting a windows installation. It accepted data quit happily, it just didn't want to behave like a grown up drive!