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Data migration for new ssd

Jul 31, 2016 3:10PM PDT

HeLloyd everyone. I currently have a 1 tb hdd and decided to upgrade with a Samsung 250gb ssd 850 evo. I have the ssd installed and recognized fine. However, the data migration has me in a rough spot. I'm using Samsung's data migration. The first go around failed so I restarted the pc and tried again. I am currently stuck at 53% and have been here for over 2 hours now. Can I have some guidance on what to do from here? I dont know about force ending, because I feel that it may corrupt my ssd or hdd. And if anyone has an idea as to why the migration is going poorly to begin with that would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance!

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Some report hit and miss with their app.
Jul 31, 2016 3:25PM PDT

I've been using an Apricom USB 3.0 kit. But it's troublesome on some PCs since I have to change BIOS settings to CSM and Legacy BIOS (all that is on the web.) Samsung has support here at 1800SAMSUNG and a chat at samsung.com

Other members use other software to move.

NOTE; Edited by moderator for spelling error.

Post was last edited on July 31, 2016 3:46 PM PDT

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Thanks for the recommendation
Jul 31, 2016 3:42PM PDT

But do you know if it'll be harmful to force end the data migration now that it's been in the same spot for a few hours? I was worried of harming the data.

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Sorry no.
Jul 31, 2016 3:47PM PDT

As you can guess I can not predict the future. But if it's stuck then there is no exit left.

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Jul 31, 2016 5:56PM PDT

How much data is on this hdd?

You can't clone 300GB of data to a 250GB ssd.

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Reduce data on HDD to below 223GB before migrating
Aug 10, 2016 2:34PM PDT

Like Bob_B says - you can't clone more data than the new SSD has space for! Offload some photos, music, videos, etc. to reduce the total amount of data on the old HDD. If that's not enough then uninstall some things you don't use often.
The best option is actually to do a totally fresh install of Windows on the SSD. Of course, you'll have to reinstall programs and games but this is the best way to ensure a fast, glitch-free operation. Use the old drive to hold all your extra data and/or programs & games you use less often or which require a massive amount of space.