Windows 10: Unencrypt Windows 11 Professional drive for cloning

Hello AllMy wife has a computer with Windows 11 Pro. We are trying to clone the C: drive using the Samsung Migration Tool. But the software says it can't clone an encrypted drive. I assume this is encryption BitLocker? How do I disable, turn off or whatever I need to do to clone this drive? We'd also like this NOT to be an encrypted drive. We do have the BitLocker key.Thanks for any help.Anthony Giorgianni

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Question about cloning Opal 2.0 drive with Windows 11

Hello All

We just purchased a ThinkPad P16s with Windows 11. We'd like to clone the 500 GB Samsung drive (M.2 2280 SSD Opal 2.) to a new 1 GB SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280 using the Samsung Data Migration utility. (We'd like to save one of those drives as an emergency bootable backup and documents backup though an M.2 USB enclosure.)

I gather that Bitlocker, which is on by default, should be turned off, before cloning, If that right? And I can do that from Windows 11, yes?

What about Opal. 2.0? Do I need to turn that off before cloning, and can I do that through Windows 11 or the Bios? If so, how? If I can't turn of Opal 2.0, will that interfere with cloning the drive? The instructions for the Samsung Data Migration tool says the source drive should be unencrypted before cloning. Oddly, I've tried searching these questions (i.e. "How to disable opal .2.0," "Cloning an Opal 2.0 drive", etc.), and there is very little available.

Sorry if these are dumb questions :O(

Thanks for any help.

Anthony Giorgianni

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

Part of how I keep my SSD fast is to clone it to a platter drive, then clone back. You just want to make sure that you are only cloning teh used space, and not the empty space.


So, again, I isntall Windows to the ssd. Clone to platter drive, then clone back.

I am not sure why, but if I do not do the clone step, the drive's speed, and windows booting, decreases substantially within a week or so.

I am using a Corsair F60 SSD and a Western Digital 500AAKS as drives, and using the free version of Acronis that WD provides, if any of that matters. I am not sure, at this point.

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

I kinda agree with you, but on a wholr, do not. While I have done things a bit differently than this specific situation, by installing Windows directly to the SSD, and cloning after, my testing shows that there are no issues doing this, very little that can go wrong, provided your system is stable.

There are certain features that must be disabled in this situation, like auto defrag and such, but even with a fresh install to the SSD, you need to take steps to ensure that you SSD performs properly, regardless of how the data got there.

Arming yourself with a bit of knowledge can go a long way.

Installing the latest chipset driver, and the RST Tools, will ensure optimal performance of the SSD. but rather than taking my advice, I suggest the OP takes a look here:

http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/sand...7-and-ssds-to-clone-windows-or-reinstall.aspx

Install A Solid State Drive In Your Notebook

Keep in mind, also, Digibucc, that many retail drives include software and such that very specifically is to be used to ttranser the OS from an existing mechanical drive to an SSD, and if there really was alot fo issues stemming from the cloning process, they would not have packages like that, simply to eliminate tech support costs. While not the optimal option, cloning is NOT a bad thing, as long as you take the nessecary steps.