Awesome video. Migrated my original 512GB SSD to a Terabyte one using this method. The only thing I'd mention is that bitlocker has to be disabled and the drive unencrypted (it took 18 hours in my case) before attempting the cloning. Thanks a lot Michael.
did this on my laptop, G5 also, but I was fortunate that my model had two slots for ssd. I put the 1tb into the 2nd slot, cloned everything from the 250gb it came with then just replaced it in the first slot and added a 2nd 1tb and went from 250gb to 2TB! Also upgraded ram from 2x4gb ddr to 2x16gb ddr4. I do like how these gaming laptops are super upgrade friendly!
The boot trouble seemed to be to be the BIOS reconfiguring itself (for the new drive type) but not in time to boot correctly the first time you tried. I didn't watch the video closely so I missed it if you went in to the BIOS to change the drive type before attempting first boot with the new drive. Some BIOS firmware can just be set in autodetect mode. Even from the factory.
Thanks so much for this video. I have a 5 year old G5 5587 and the 256GB M.2 SATA drive which has Windows 10 on it nearly full. I wanted and upgrade and wasn't sure if I could replace this laptop with a M2 NVME 1TB drive. I was a bit confused with all the terminology but after seeing this video I know it can be done, much appreciated.
at first, this video not exactly the same as my Dell notebook model, I didn't pay too much attention on this while I need reference to upgrade my ssd nvme. However no matter how hard I tried, I cannot successful replicate the same as other people on my computer. Only follow this video by using Samsung migrate replace other software. I got successful upgrade my ssd nvme to Samsung 970 Evo plus 1TB. But the remains didn't mentioned in this video is while you need upgrade ssd firmware, or better r/w performance, you need change the default SATA Mode RAID to AHCI on the bios. Thanks a lot your sharing.
Which program did you use to clone your c: drive, Samsung magic stayed stuck on 0% for me then i used another brand and could not boot because, like you said, it needs AHCI on bios, could you do a video on the steps you took?
Samsung migration getting stuck at 0% is related to the c drive bring encrypted. You need to turn off disk encryption before you attempt the clone. go to start, settings and search for encryption. You'll find the option to turn it off. After the clone is done and the new drive is in you can turn everyone back on.
Thanks for the guide! Followed this guide to the letter (disconnected the battery first before replacing the SSD tho) and everything worked perfectly! Hopefully i can get a few more years out of my G5 now.
I tried upgrading to a Samsung 970 plus 2TB M2 NVME from a 1TB drive. The migration worked fine and it booted fine after but I kept getting random error messages in Win10 and a couple of blue screen crashes. I tried another 2TB M2 NVME (WD SN770) and experienced similar issues. Went back to the 1TB drive and everything is fine. I thought maybe it was a limitation of the G15 5587 since it only mentions 1TB in the documentation. However it sounds like others have had some success with 2TB....
Great video. My computer won't recognize the drive. Everything you did is the same I did. Same computer, SSD and even the enclosure. I tried Macrium and the Samsung software but get no bootable media found when I swap the drives.
If the Samsung and macrium software can see the new drive, the computer can see the drive. The issue you're having is after swapping the new drive into the computer the computer doesn't see how to boot up to windows. What you might want to look for when you put the original drive back in to try again is to make sure the drive is not encrypted. That can throw off the cloning process. So if it is encrypted set encrypted to off and then try the cloning process again.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy I checked on the encryption and it wasn't on. Do you think it could be the lack of a driver since it was a SATA drive that came out?
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy The drive is being seen now. I had to switch the SATA operation to AHCI instead of RAID. It is trying to load from partition 1 but the OS is on 2 and now it just cycles through dell's automatic repair feature and does nothing. So it's halfway there. Thanks for your help
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy OK no problem... It was just I watched another RU-vid video and the guy said you had to unplug the battery before removing and replacing drives... was just wondering if this was necessary and if it was for safety reasons...
Hey! Thank you so much for the video. I followed your process exactly. Additionally, I made sure no programs were running in the background, computer was on airplane mode, and verified my drive for errors using the chkdsk command. Once I started the data migration I left it over night. It has been 14 hours and I still have it at 0%. It shows the time running but no progress or transfer being made. I have a Dell G5 15 5990. Currently trying to clone my current drive that came with the laptop, Toshiba 128GB SATA SSD, to the Samsung 980 Pro with Heat Sink. I am using the Samsung Magician Data Migration for this process. I have reinstalled and verified the install multiple times multiple times and it is working and up to date. It recognized the drives and I want to clone from and to. Currently, I have 86GB used up of 100GB available on my current Toshiba SSD. Should I restart the process of cloning my drive? Are there any additional steps I may have missed? I apprecite any advice that can help me figure out what is going on!
Nice video. Apologies if someone has already asked this. Does the Samsung software still work if neither of the drives are made by Samsung? If not, what software would you use?
Most SSD manufacturers have where you can download cloning software for free. Do a search for the manufacturer SSD you have and the words cloning software and you'll find them. They are free.
Great vid, did you set the sata SSD to AHCI before cloning? I seen people mention they’re shipped with it being set to RAID for the Inspiron 15s and need to set to AHCI for it to be compatible with the NVMe. Also which one would you prefer the 1tb of that EVO 980 or crucial P5 plus 1tb in terms of performance.
I haven't had issues leaving the sata set to raid. I haven't compared ssd performance between models. A Google search for both with vs between the models would be the thing to do.
I am planning on upgrading my 516GB SSD on my HP Envy laptop to a 2TB drive and will probably use a Samsung M.2 NVMe SSD. You installed a Samsung 980 NVMe 4.0 SSD into the Dell laptop and those SSD cards can get hot. There isn't a lot of free space in a laptop, would a card like the one you installed run hot?
In my experience and what I've looked at research wise they do get hot but not the point where it is detrimental to performance or lifespan. It's just not something you currently need to worry about. That may change with newer solid state drives in the future.
I have the exact same laptop and same lack of storage on the C drive. I got a 970 EVO plus (500GB) and a USB adapter (not same model as yours) to clone the drive, but neither the samsung migration software, nor samsung magician, will recognize the SSD as a samsung device. How did you get yours to work?
I've had trouble with the Samsung migration software not recognizing a Samsung drive when connecting it through a USB to SATA adapter. I didn't really find a workaround to make that happen with the Samsung migration software what I do in that case is just switch over to using macrium reflect free to do the cloning. If you look back in the last maybe 10 or 15 videos here on my channel you should find a few examples of me using macaron reflect to do the cloning.
Good day Micheal, I have a dell G5 15 5587, it came with two drives, just like yours but unfortunately the c drive is 101GB of size and I always have to delete stuffs from temp folder and also do disk clean up just to have as much space as possible ... can I go through he same process to upgrade my c drive as explained in your video, please confirm, thanks in advance ...
I already have all the required stuffs in my amazon cart, just waiting for you to confirm so I can go ahead with the purchase, your response is highly appreciated ...
If you clone the drive while the computer is running like this it's a good idea to turn off the antivirus. Just turn it back on after the clone is done and the new drive is in the computer and running. You don't have to reinstall it because it was cloned to the new drive.
I have a G5 5590, and I'm hoping this will work when I have to clone the drive. I want to clone the entire drive, including the OEM recovery partition, then once it's done I want to set up a dual-boot Linux setup. Can the G5 accept drive sizes higher than 2TB> I can't seem to get a straight answer from either Dell or the Dell forums, and I haven't read about any limitations the HM370 chipset has on storage capacity.
@@cubdukat if you're going into a micro center you might consider bringing your laptop with you and asking the support personnel that do laptop upgrades whether it will work or not. They might even offer to try it for you because they're curious as well.
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy Unless you change the motherboard you can not use more then 2TB. You can stick in as much as you want but the board will only recognize 2TB. I got this information from Dell and i have a G5 5590. Hope this helps people in the future.
Can anyone help me? I want to upgrade my m.2 ssd in my Asus Vivobook laptop. The thing is, I see that many m.2 ssd's come with heat sinks. My laptop is too thin to make an m.2 fit with a heat sink, and the current 128gb m.2 in my laptop does not have a heat sink. Now my question is; Does a 2tb m.2 ssd run too hot to use without a heatsink in a laptop? Should I be looking at a smaller m.2 that runs less hot? Or is the heat of a 2tb m.2 not going to be a problem for a laptop? Thank in advance to any who answer!
can this data migiration work with cloning the d drive? I recently bought a 870 evo 4tb samasung SSD to replace the 2.5 " HDD drive in my g5 15.6" 5587. someone please answer im new to all of this.
I don't think the Samsung migration software will allow you to to clone a drive other than the C drive. I have other videos here on the site showing other cloning software. One that uses macrium reflect would be the way to go.
It depends on how much data there is and the speed of the slowest device. Typically going from a hard drive to a solid-state drive with say 50 GB of data to be copied it would be done and maybe 20 minutes.
For g series 15 5587 Type: One 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Interface: SATA AHCI Up to 6 Gbps Capacity: Up to 2 TB Type: One 2.5-inch Solid-State Hybrid Drive (SSHD) Interface: SATA AHCI Up to 6 Gbps Capacity: Up to 1 TB Type: One M.2 2280 Solid-State Drive (SSD) Interface: SATA AHCI, Up to 6 Gbps Capacity: Up to 256 GB Type: One M.2 2280 Solid-State Drive (SSD) Interface: PCIe 3 x4 NVMe, Up to 32 Gbps Capacity: Up to 1 TB
So o added a 2 tb ssd but I want to upgrade my m.2 ssd to a 2tb as well original the m.s Sata ssd has 250gb would I be able to copy everything to my second ssd and put it back once I upgrade my m.2 ssd?
@@MichaelTheComputerGuy im sorry I’m confused my self 😂 So I wana upgrade my dell Inspiron 15 7567 im looking to buy a ssd to replace my m.2 ssd I’m not sure which ssd to get would the ssd you used be compatible with my laptop?
@@xXxjrxXx123 It looks like that laptop has space for a 2.5 inch drive and a m.2 drive. If you currently have a 250gb SSD it's probably in the m.2 slot. What you can do to replace that is get yourself another m.2 solid state drive, whatever capacity you like and connect it to the computer through a USB to m.2 NVME adapter. Search on Amazon for USB to m.2 NVME and you'll find one. That will get the new m.2 connected to the computer through USB. You would then use the Samsung migration software which you can get for free, Google it, to clone everything on the 250 GB solid state drive to the new m.2. once that's done you would replace the existing 250 GB m.2 with the new one that you just transferred the data over to. It should boot into Windows at that point. It will be an exact copy of what was on the original 250gb solid state drive. Only the new drive has lots of free space.
Hi, Can you tell me if I make a copy of my M.2 SSD drive on another M.2 SSD drive from another manufacturer will it boot without any problems, and if I need service on warranty will the builder see I have use my PC without my original M2. SSD original drive ?. I don't want to send my failed PC with all the data that could be used to steal my identity, and personal data or financial . I would like to buy a new M.2 drive and copy my original one on it, and if one day I need service I would switch back my original M.2 drive that has practically no personal data. Thanks for your help
how long is the cloning process because mines has been stuck at 0% idk why. moving from a 256gb ssd to 1TB. Havent even used much space for it to be taking long. can anyone help with the issue?
I need your help I wanna trust you on this procedure.. I have the same laptop and bought the same nvme m.2 1tb upgrade..except an evo 970+ m.2 nvme pcie instead of the 980... Anyway, Samsung tools are supposed to be the best and easiest but I've read most comments online that it didn't work they needed to change bios ahci settings etc... I need help!! I have a ton of music software I need to use! Scared.. I wish I could pay someone or have you come lol
Another complaint dells manual says up to 500g m.2 at one point then later 1tb max.. yet some claim they did 2tb upgrade fine but Dell said 1 so that's what I got evo 970?
@@namrekcanad Usually the max capacity that a manufacturer lists is whatever is available at the time of the specs creation for that model. It'll take a one terabyte even a two terabyte or probably a 3.8 something terabyte solid state drive. Go ahead and try and use the Samsung migration software. It'll most likely be fine. If you have trouble with it I would recommend macrium reflect free. You really shouldn't have to change any bio settings.