Windows 10: Replacing a M.2 SSD boot drive card

Discus and support Replacing a M.2 SSD boot drive card in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Running Win 10 version 21H1 My rig has a 500 Mb M.2 SSD card as boot (C:\). Troubling Chkdsk runs have caused me to distrust the current card. A... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by stonecherub, Jun 23, 2021.

  1. Replacing a M.2 SSD boot drive card


    Running Win 10 version 21H1 My rig has a 500 Mb M.2 SSD card as boot (C:\). Troubling Chkdsk runs have caused me to distrust the current card. A replacement M.2 card should arrive in a couple of days and my confidence in myself to successfully swap the cards is limited as I am older now than I was when I started this thread. I AM getting slower. My MSI B360m Mortar MoBo has provision for two M.2 cards. I am proposing to install the second M.2 card in the empty slot and use Macrium to copy the contents. I'm not sure how to proceed from here. I think I need to re-letter the new card to C:\ and the old card to something else but I'm not sure how to do this. Suggestions would be appreciated. With any kind of luck, you too will get old.

    :)
     
    stonecherub, Jun 23, 2021
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  2. mcjclc Win User

    M.2 SSD card

    How do I get my Gemini laptop to recognize the M.2 SSD card
     
    mcjclc, Jun 23, 2021
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  3. topgundcp Win User
    No Boot, Drives Not detected, Can't Load Win10 Pleses Help!

    Until the BIOS sees your M.2, there's nothing you can do. It does not matter if the M.2 is unformatted/unallocated, the BIOS should see it.
    1. Suggest that you take the M.2 out, clean all the contacts and re-seat it and hope this is the case.
    2. If step one fails. Connect your 250GB SSD back in using one of the SATA port to see if the BIOS recognize it. If it doen't, then it might be something wrong with the MB, if it does then boot up the Windows Installation USB, run diskpart, shrink it at least 40GB then create a partition, Leave it unallocated then install Windows there.

    Also try to re-seat all other components such as Memory, Video card etc...
     
    topgundcp, Jun 23, 2021
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  4. Replacing a M.2 SSD boot drive card

    How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement

    I have an ASRock X399 Taichi, 128GB ram running Windows 10 Professional. This motherboard has 3 M.2 slots. I currently have a 960GB in M.2 slot 1 and it is my O/S drive. I another 960 GB in slot 2. It is my intention to replace the slot 1 M.2 with a 2TB
    M.2. I then want to move the current 960 GB in slot 1 to slot 3. I want to make a fresh windows install on the 2TB and format the 960GB.

    Will there be any issues with this? Previously I had a 480GB M.2 SSD in slot 2. I formatted it and removed it and replaced it with a 960GB but when I did this Windows could not find the boot drive (slot 1).

    I don't mind doing a fresh install at all if that is the only solution.
     
    robert3892, Jun 23, 2021
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