Windows 10: Upgrade to larger ssd problem

Yes, that's correct. Best to check for an update under "Other Tasks" in Macrium before making the Rescue USB. Just in case you've had it installed awhile, Latest update was in last week or so.

 

So now, I need to be sure I get a compatible ssd drive. I have found that the drive in the laptop is:

- Sandisk SD8SN8U

I'm thinking this one would be compatible:

- SAMSUNG 850 EVO M.2

I'm not sure how to verify they are compatible. Any thoughts?

 

I'm not experienced specifically with m.2 SSD, @56Kruiser , but my sense is that if the form factor of the old SSD is m.2 (2280) then the replacement being the same can't be wrong. The 2.5" form factor SATA III SSD I swapped out for the 1TB HDD that came with my laptop is a Samsung 850 EVO and seemed to be the best bang for my buck when I bought it 2 years ago.

Whether the 850 EVO is the best value for you, I can't say, but I can say that the Samsung EVO and PRO lines and then more advanced SSDs seem to be well enough respected by users here at TenForums.

Perhaps some of the members here with m.2 SSD experience can chime in.

 

Thanks for the input. I am in line with your sentiments.

The SSD I had intended to put in is an EVO.

Since my last post I joined a HP forum and asked about the compatibility there. I think it surely is compatible. I'll post back how it goes.

 

Both the SanDisk and Samsung being SATA III based are compatible.

 

Hi,

The Sandisk SSD shown on Newegg is a 2.5" drive. Sandisk has been acquired by WD just for info.
The pic TS posted shows a M2 2280 Sandisk drive as pulled from his machine. So is the Samsung 850 EVO as shown on Newegg
and that one will certainly work.

As others have stated already a cloned drive hooked up through a SATA to USB adapter won't work. Windows 10 wasn't designed with that in mind.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Appreciate all the info folks.

I have the Crucial on the way. I've already made a USB recovery device with Reflect. I'll be doing the copy to the 1TB drive in the laptop.

Any recommendations for best method with Reflect? Can I put a complete drive image on the D: drive to restore to the new SSD stick? I want it to have all the original partitions, including the recovery partition.

 

Hi,

Storage space permitting, sure you can. Macrium compresses the image but not by all that much.

Cheers, *Wink

 

, yes I know that. I should have been more clear.

If I remember correctly I can "image" the drive, and I can select to "clone" the drive.

I'm thinking that clone would overwrite a whole drive ( leaving unneeded space as unformatted), whereas image would make a restorable image.

Is that correct? The other part of the question: I have never made an image that contains multiple partitions. I am assuming I could create an image with multiple partitions if I have them alli selected when I do the backup.

And that image could reside on the D: drive without destroying any existing data on that drive. Space allowing, of course.

That is what I was trying to confirm.

 

Hi,

Yes, it is.

Exactly. When backing up you select all the partitions you want to be backed up and when restoring you do the reverse operation to the new drive.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Actually that is the normal way to Clone a disk/SSD if you only have one internal drive bay. Would be to remove the current drive/SSD and Install the New disk/SSD and then put the old drive in a external case or USB to SATA adapter and clone from the USB to the new Internal disk/SSD. My earlier comment was based thinking you had multi or at least 2 Disk Slots

 

I just finished successfully backing up the 128 and then installing the 512 Crucial and restoring, and booting

But...when I go into disk management to expand the volume, Expand is greyed out. *Mad

I suspect I know why, but not sure best route to fix. When I look at the disk in Disk Manager I have four partitions in this order:

• Healthy EFI System Partition - 260MB
• Windows C Healty Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition 118.01 GB
• 980 MB Healthy (Recovery Partition)
• 369.1 GB unallocated

I'm guessing that the recovery partition being in between the Windows C and Unallocated partitions is the problem.

What is recommendation to get past this?

 

While I wait on feedback I'm going to try this:

- Backup without the recovery partition
- Do a separate backup of the recovery partition
- Restore again
- Expand the drive and leave enough room for the recovery partition
- Restore the recovery partition

I have no idea if this will work. But we'll see.

 

Hi,

Delete the recovery partition.
Expand System partition leaving just enough space for the Recovery partition.
Restore that RE partition to the empty space.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Seems nothing is ever easy. When I try to extend the c: volume, it says:

and it shows nothing available.

Of course it is a boot volume. I did change it to dynamic, and still can't extend it. I'd swear that I've extended c: drives in the past.

Any options now?