Windows 10: Windows 10 32bit on M.2 NVMe SSD

Hello,


Been trying to install Windows 10 32bit on a Samsung M.2 970 EVO NVMe SSD. Enabled the Legacy support in BIOS (UEFI can't be disabled), cleaned and converted the SSD to MBR during installation using Diskpart tool and went forward. Windows reports what it's shown in below picture. Creating new partition on the SSD isn't possible. The other drive 0 is a SATA HDD.

Posted on both HP Forums (because it's an HP laptop) and Samsung Forums about this case asking to know if it's possible to install that OS version on that SSD. There's no responses, so I came here to do the same.


Is it possible?

Thanks.

:)

 

Clone present nvme pcie ssd to replacement nvme pcie ssd?

I have a 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD (boot drive) that I want to replace with a higher capacity M.2 card.

Where do I put the new SSD during the NVMe to NVMe cloning process? My mobo only has one M.2 slot for NVMe SSD's so do I want to use an external adapter for one of the M.2 cards? If so, do you have a recommendation?

If you have solved this issue for your desktop or laptop I would like your advice on if and what extra hardware you needed during the cloning.

please remember that I am dealing with PCIe NVMe drives ONLY. NO Sata is involved except possibly for a connecting cable from the desktop to an adapter. I am experienced with cloning SATA III drives but cloning NVMe is a little
new to me.

Computer: Dell XPS 8920, 32GB ram.

Present SSD: KXG50ZNV512G NVMe Toshiba 512GB

New SSD: CT13049074 Crucial P1 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD 1TB (or 2TB if available soon) or similar storage device.

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 1809.

 

NVMe M.2 SSD cooling


Thanks doorules, pparks1 and Cliff *Biggrin






Have still got one of these:





But no ideal place to position it to blow directly over the NVMe drive.

More images of Computer layout:

 

Migrating Windows 10 from m.2 sata to new pcie nvme ssd

Hello all,

I'm going to upgrade my current m.2 sata 128gb to a m.2 pcie nvme 480gb and have questions about migrating Windows over. From my understanding since i have a laptop and cant connect both drives at the same time and pcie nvme isnt supported externally I was
going to try and create a restore disk of my current drive and then image it to my new drive. Will this work?

Again my process will be, create rescue disk and image to usb, power down and swap drives, enable usb boot to my usb and power on, run the rescue disk and image to my new pcie nvme ssd.

Does anyone see problems with this? Do I need a large usb or will 32gb work for a 128gb ssd?