How to Fix Samsung Data Migration not Recognizing 970 Evo

Samsung Data Migration not Recognizing 970 Evo

Now more and more users will choose to replace the hard disk with SSD (Solid State Drive), which can better improve the running speed of the computer. Among many brands of SSD, Samsung SSD is favored by many users because of its excellent performance and reasonable price. On top of that, many Samsung SSDs include a tool called Samsung Data Migration (SDM) that allows users to clone a hard drive to a Samsung SSD. It can easily transfer the current operating system, application software, and user data to the new Samsung SSD.

But recently, many users have complained that Samsung Data Migration not recognizing 970 evo SSD and other types of SSD, which is a common mistake. When trying to clone the HDD, a window pops up saying the Samsung SSD is not detected, although it is normal for the SSD to be detected in Windows Disk Management.

Quick Solutions to Samsung Data Migration not Recognizing 970 Evo

Next, the article will describe some common solutions. You can try these quick solutions to help you.

Method 1: If you connect your SSD to a SATA/USB enclosure, then the data migration tool will not recognize it as a Samsung SSD. In this case you should use a SATA-to-USB cable to connect it.

Method 2: Change the location of your old hard drive and SSD. Remove your old drive and install a new SSD in its place. then connect the old drive to your computer via a SATA/USB adapter. This method sometimes works when Samsung Data Migration does not recognize the SSD.

Method 3: Switch to IDE mode. If the SSD is connected via the internal SATA cable and not externally via USB, then it is most likely running in IDE or RAID mode. If it is IDE, you must switch it to AHCI in the BIOS. If it is RAID, leave it as RAID and reinstall the system so that the SSD is recognized by the SDM.

While these solutions to the problem of Samsung data migration not recognizing SSDs are very effective, trying them one by one is very time-consuming and some of them are even complicated.

Also be aware that SDM only supports specific Samsung SSDs, such as the Samsung SSD 970 PRO/EVO series and the Samsung SSD 960 PRO/EVO series. If you plan to clone your drive without an operating system, or clone to another manufacturer's SSD, you'd better turn to reliable SSD cloning software as an alternative.

The Best Alternative for Samsung Data Migration

To better solve some of the problems mentioned above, you can choose a more professional and reliable disk cloning tool, such as AOMEI Backupper Professional. As one of the most popular cloning programs, it provides you with more flexible cloning options. 

Secure Boot: When the cloning process is finished, you can successfully boot your computer from the cloned disk.

Intelligent Clone: By default, it copies only the used sectors on the source drive and migrates them to another drive, which makes it easy to clone a larger drive to a smaller drive.

Sector-by-sector clone: You can enable the sector-by-sector clone feature when your target disk is equal to or larger than the source disk. Once this feature is enabled, the target drive will be identical to the source drive and the extra space will be marked as unallocated after cloning the SSD to the larger SSD.

SSD Alignment: You can use this feature when you have a target disk when SSD. It uses 4K partition alignment to improve the performance of the cloned SSD.

Multiple SSDs: It allows you to clone HDDs to all brands of SSDs, such as Samsung SSD, WD SSD, Crucial SSD, etc.

Before you start cloning the disk, you need to complete the following preparations.

• Backup the important files on the target SSD. Since the cloning process will erase all the data on the target disk, you need to backup files in advance.
• Download and install this program. It supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. Then follow the steps below to clone the hard disk to Samsung SSD. If you are a Windows Server user, you can pick AOMEI Backupper Server.

Step 1. Open AOMEI Backupper Professional, and click Clone > Disk Clone.

Step 2. Select the hard drive you want to clone as the source disk. Then click Next.

Step 3. Select the Samsung 970 Evo SSD as the destination disk. Then click Next.

Step 4.  Check SSD Alignment to accelerate the writing and reading speed of your SSD. Confirm your operations and then click Start Clone to clone hard drive to Samsung SSD.

Note:

Edit Partitions: This feature helps you resize partitions as well as convert the disk type of the destination disk if it's different from the source disk. 

Summary

This article describes what this error is and some quick solutions to solve this problem. To better avoid some shortcomings of Samsung data migration cloning tool, you can choose the more professional and reliable disk cloning software AOMEI Backupper Professional to help you achieve the goal. It supports secure boot after cloning. You can also choose different cloning features as well as multiple SSD types and Windows operating systems according to your needs.

Besides, it is also an excellent backup and restore software. If you want to migrate your disk without cloning software, you can also use backup and restore to help you. It offers system backup, file backup, disk backup and partition backup to meet your different backup needs. You can download this software to explore more.