This article describes how to use Samsung Data Migration Software to clone hard drive to 850 EVO or from Samsung 850 EVO SSD to another SSD step by step.
Samsung Data Migration software is a data migration software to clone hard drive to Samsung SSD or from Samsung SSD to another SSD. You can use it on the Samsung 470 Series, 750 Series, 830 Series, 840 Series, 850 Series, 950 Series, 980 Series, and 990 Series.
In general, if you have a Samsung 850 EVO SSD, you can use the Samsung Data Migration Software to migrate data. However, the latest Samsung Magician 8.2 version has removed Samsung Data Migration. So you can't use it for data migration unless you download old versions. Check this page for more info.
If you are using an old version of Samsung Data Migration Software, you are likely to meet these Samsung 850 EVO data migration errors:
Samsung Data Migration cloning failed target disk has been disconnected when you try to clone hard drive (HDD) to a new Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD drive.
The cloning progress of Samsung Data Migration is stuck at 0% or 99% when you try to clone HDD to Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD in Windows 10.
After repeating it several times, still the same, how should you do it? It's wise to try third-party powerful SSD cloning software.
AOMEI Backupper Standard is one powerful Samsung SSD 850 EVO data migration software that can help you clone hard drive to Samsung 850 EVO SSD or from Samsung 850 EVO to another SSD in Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11.
It will transfer the operating system, installed program, user documents, and other settings to the Samsung 850 EVO SSD drive.
It is possible to clone larger HDD to smaller SSD with the Intelligent Clone feature. You can also clone smaller SSD to larger SSD as well.
It offers a special option named “SSD Alignment” to improve the reading and writing speed of the SSD disk as well as extend the SSD’s lifespan.
This software applies to different manufacturer’s SSDs, including Samsung SSD, Crucial SSD, WD SSD, SanDisk SSD, etc. In addition, its System Clone feature allows you to Transfer OS to Samsung SSD instead of the entire disk.
Please download it to have a try.
Please make sure the Samsung 850 EVO SSD is connected well. Then, follow the steps below to start the Samsung 850 EVO data migration:
1. To do Samsung Data Migration to 850 EVO SSD, select Disk Clone at the Clone tab.
2. Choose your original hard drive (HDD) as the source disk to clone. Click Next >>.
3. Select the Samsung 850 EVO SSD drive as the destination disk. Click Next >>.
4. Check the SSD Alignment option to keep Samsung 850 at high performance. Then, click Start Clone to clone hard drive to Samsung 850 EVO SSD easily.
Sector by sector clone: clone every sector on your old hard drive no matter it is used or not. It will take more time and occupy more storage space.
Edit Partitions (advanced edition): resize the partition size automatically while cloning disk to larger disk to enjoy full capacity; convert the disk partition style, from MBR to GPT, or not.
To boot from the cloned SSD, you have to replace the HDD with SSD manually, enter into BIOS, and set SSD as the first boot disk
That’s all for Samsung 850 EVO data migration. As you can see, the free Samsung SSD 850 EVO data migration software - AOMEI Backupper Standard can help you migrate data to Samsung 850 EVO SSD with no effort.
Besides, it’s also a comprehensive backup tool that offers system backup as well as disk/partition/file backup. It also can be your best assistant in helping you backup your new SSD. Rush into this tool and discover more!