Samsung Data Migration Software Won't Install in Windows

The Issue: Samsung Data Migration Software Won't Install

"The data migration software, which comes with Samsung SSD 550 EVO, won’t install. When I try to install the software, after I give the permission to ‘make changes to this computer’, everything disappears and nothing happens. I made some efforts, run as administrator, turned off firewall, and removed other unnecessary external connections, but with no luck. I’m confused because Samsung Magician could be installed perfectly on my PC and there are no SSD recognition problems. I just want to copy everything from hard drive to my newly purchased SSD. What can I do to get the software installed? If not, how could I move Windows from HDD to Samsung SSD? Thanks."

In a few cases, you may encounter Samsung migration software does not install issue, which is quite annoying in the event of data migration. Why does that trouble occur and what can you do to fix it?

Causes & Fixes for Samsung Data Migration Software Not Installing

Actually, the reasons for software not installing are quite easy. Here are the two most possible causes, and corresponding fixes followed by.

After successfully installing Samsung data migration software, you may want to know how to use it to perform data migration in Windows. Likewise, the operation is simple.

How to Use Samsung Magician to Clone Hard Drive

1. Connect or install Samsung SSD to your computer. Start Samsung Magician and click Data Migration to allow it to recognize your system disk to be cloned.

2. Verify the source disk and select Samsung SSD as the destination.  This software only allows you to choose 3 partitions to migrate to a new Samsung SSD if it has more. 

3. Click Start. A warning dialogue will pop out, saying "all data on the new Samsung SSD will be lost". Confirm the risk and click Yes to start the process. Wait for the process to complete.

Once done, you will see a message, saying  “The data on the Source Disk has been successfully cloned to your Samsung SSD”. Click Exit and shut down your computer.

Then, you need to manually swap hard drive with a Samsung SSD to boot from it. Or, you can change boot order in BIOS as well. You may need to switch IDE mode to AHCI mode in BIOS. For a user who is in RAID mode, just leave it alone.

You Need Samsung Magician Alternative Sometimes

If you’re unlucky and get into one of those troubles, check this way out. 

AOMEI Backupper Professional is a powerful Samsung data migration software that is able to copy the entire disk or OS only to Samsung SSD, such as Samsung 860 EVO, 870 EVO, 960, 970, 970 EVO Plus, 980, 980PRO, 990, 990 PRO, etc. 

AOMEI Backupper

Why Choose AOMEI Backupper?

• No bundled software and 100% clean.
• Clone HDDs/SSDs and MBR/GPT disks (e.g. clone MBR disk to GPT without converting)
• Clones only used sectors (default) or sector by sector, depending on your scenarios.
• Clone HDD/SSD of different brands, such as Samsung SSD, Toshiba SSD, Kingston SSD, SanDisk SSD, Crucial SSD, etc.
• More importantly, it helps to improve SSD disk performance, resize partition size on the destination disk, etc.
• It also supports system clone to migrate operating system to new SSD without reinstalling.
• ...

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Steps to clone hard drive to Samsung SSD: 

Step 1. Select the cloning method. 

Download and install cloning software - AOMEI Backupper Professional. On the main page, go to Clone > Disk Clone.

Step 2. Select the source and destination disk.

This software will display all available disks. Select the disk you want to clone as source disk and the Samsung SSD as the destination disk. 

The destination disk will be overwritten. So please be you select the right disk or backup files in advance to prevent any data loss. 

Step 3. Clone hard drive to Samsung SSD.

Check the option SSD Alignment to accelerate the read and write speed of Samsung SSD. Then, click Start Clone to clone hard drive to Samsung SSD. 

Click Finish when it completes. Manually replace hard drive with cloned SSD and let Windows boot from it.

Final words

Some common causes for Samsung Data Migration software won’t install are described above, followed by relevant solutions and steps to clone hard drive to Samsung SSD using Samsung Magician and AOMEI Backupper. Choose the most suitable for yourself.

It is suggested to keep AOMEI Backupper installed after cloning as it is also comprehensive backup software to backup PC. Compared to Windows built-in backup utilities, it‘s more flexible and up-to-date. Go for it and enjoy.