I am trying to migrate data from my current HDD to my new SSD using Samsung's Data Migration tool that came with the SSD. To change the name of the drive, you may enter a name for Volume label, tick the. I have a Samsung 850 Pro SSD connected via USB/SATA III cord to my laptop. 4 From the drop down list select NTFS under file system. I purchased a Samsung SSD EVO 850 and I'm encountering the. 3 Right click on the drive to be formatted and click Format. Hi, I have a (mid 2012) Mac Book Pro and decided to upgrade the original HDD to an SSD. But the above is the most painless way I can think of without mucking with extra tools or ways to boot into an OS without using the 970 because you can't move the partitions around in the 970 if you're booting into it. Follow the instructions to format your SSD device using your PC/laptop: 1 Connect your SSD to PC or laptop. It should create two (the bootloader one and where the OS will actually go).ĮDIT: You could also try to find a bootable Linux distro meant for managing disks like PartedMagic, which should contain a tool that will let you move the partitions around.
When the installer asks where you want to install Windows, first delete all the partitions on the 970, then tell it to create a new partition.
Unplug every drive from your computer except the 970īoot into a Windows install media (USB or DVD) The easiest way to get all the space usable for your OS partition is: SSD Samsung 850 Pro series 256GB 2.5' SATAIII MLC (MZ-7KE256BW), 23 SSD Samsung 850. Your 970 doesn't appear to have this partition because the bootloader partition is marked "System" in Disk Manager. Typically when you install Windows on a blank drive, the installer creates another partition that contains the bootloader, which tells where the OS is so it can boot that. It's my fastest drive (970 Evo Plus M.2 NVMe) so I wanted to boot from it for fastest possible boot times.
Im not sure exactly how to do that? It is my boot drive though.