![]() These VST instruments would take days upon days to redownload again and I just wanted to avoid that if I could. The reason I wanted to just clone is because my current 1T HDD is just about maxed out with all DAW music recording projects and large amounts of VST Instruments. The Computer was purchased new in 2015, The operating system is Windows 10 Home with latest updates. ![]() The free version of "Mini Tool Partition Wizard" will do this but if you download this, be careful as the installer will install unwanted bloatware if you are not careful. One final operation, and this has to be done whether clone or the disc image restore procedure, is to reclaim in your case the extra 1TB of space. You should now have the new disc fully operational and bootable. Boot with the Macrium rescue media and "restore" the disc image to the new drive. Also make a Macrium Reflect rescue bootable media (USB Flash Drive). Using Macrium Reflect make a full disc image (all partitions) to a separate disc. You should be making full disc (all partition) disc images (backups) anyway. What I did is a little more complicated but has worked for me every time. However, the only software I've used (and I tried many) that I did a successful clone with is Macrium Reflect. I re-installed formatted SSD and now it happily functions as a spot to store photos and videos and doesn't interfere with the boot sequences anymore since I completely nuked and paved it.Can't say about an adapter but probably will need one.Ĭlone is a hit or miss so be prepared for a failure. Importantly, the OS recovery tools that are sitting on the other partitions on the drive are untouched, so they can be referenced if this thing blows up again in a later upgrade.ġ2. After reinstalling windows and running Windows Update, it seemed to finally run fine and restart correctly. ![]() Booted to USB and had to fully reinstall Windows 10, losing all files and pre-installed Dell applications upon re-install.ġ1. Physically disconnected formatted, shipped SATA.ġ0. Downloaded Windows 10 USB Install Media using my other laptop.ĩ. For me, upon restart, received BSOD saying a necessary drive is not present.Ĩ. (check youtube for videos on how to use it and be 100% sure you are booted on the NVMe).Ħ. (optional) Format old SATA using command screen diskpart utility in order destroy all partitions. (I didn't do, but should have) Physically disconnect shipped SATA and check that the computer can boot up with only NVMe physically connected.ĥ. Restart and tried again a few times, just to be sure this NVMe didn't have any potential physical or driver problems.Ĥ.5. Select the NVMe as the boot drive in F12 and verify correct operation. Restart and Press & hold F12 during bootĤ. ![]() Used Macrium Reflect Free to clone the SATA completely to the new NVMe SSD.ģ. Physically installed the new NVME SSD (of the same capacity as the shipped SATA).Ģ. For me, this was a newly shipped R12, so I didn't care about losing any files.ġ. For future reference I will post the steps I took below in case anyone wants to try to move their boot drive to a new NVMe SSD and avoid several mistakes I made. If you clone from a SATA to an NVMe drive, is there anything to be careful of considering the drives are two different types? Once you clone to a new NVMe SSD drive, how can you successfully boot off the SSD drive and make sure the Alienware Aurora R12 is pointed to always boot off the SSD?Ģ. The only options listed are "Windows Boot Manager", "IPv4", and "IPv6".ġ (most important). ![]() However, I cannot change the boot drive in the BIOS. Originally I had thought I could simply go into the BIOS, point to boot off the new SSD drive and then reformat the old hard drive to be a storage drive once I was able to successfully and automatically boot off the SSD. I want to now reconfigure the Alienware Aurora R12 to boot and run off the NVMe SSD. I don't want a clean install because I want the NVMe to be the one to have all those other DELL Support, etc. I installed the 2 TB NVMe in the M.2 slot and used the cloning software Macrium Reflect Free to clone the SATA HDD contents to the NVMe. I had a 2TB NVMe M.2 available, which I intended to install immediately after receiving the desktop.Ĭurrently, the R12 boots and runs off the slow SATA HDD. I recently purchased the Alienware Aurora R12 with only the 2TB SATA HDD option. ![]()
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