Format old SSD

Minibiker

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Hi all

I used Macrium reflect to clone my OS onto the new M.2, Now i want to Format the original SSD but it wont let me as it says i'm using the OS currently..

How do i get around this?

Thanks
 
you probably booted from the wrong drive then
dont forget both drives will be named the same after a clone
change boot drive order in bios or by pressing the appropriate
F key as pc boots up
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
you probably booted from the wrong drive then
dont forget both drives will be named the same after a clone
change boot drive order in bios or by pressing the appropriate
F key as pc boots up
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Ahh ok so restart the pc, Change boot order then go to format the old one
 
Minibiker said:
Ahh ok so restart the pc, Change boot order then go to format the old one
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yep
though if in windows rename 1 drive to make life easier
either by seeing size difference in this/my pc
or think macrium itself can identify drives by make/model number should
both drives be same sizes
that way you dont get muddled and format wrong one lol
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
yep
though if in windows rename 1 drive to make life easier
either by seeing size difference in this/my pc
or think macrium itself can identify drives by make/model number should
both drives be same sizes
that way you dont get muddled and format wrong one lol
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Ok thanks for your help bud
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
always happy to help
you could also disconnect cable from sata drive
boot pc reconnect cable after naming M2 drive
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Somethings gone wrong.. Everything has disappeared on my desktop all I have is a recycle bin..

When I press the start button and enter chrome it tells me this item has been moved or deleted so the shortcut will not work properly..

Even control panel and disk management is gone

Ohhhh dear what have I done and how do I get it back
 
No it still shows both drives... I have the steam app on the start menu but it loads up really slow and doesn't load everything on screen its like an old PC from back in the day

@Mcnumpty2323
 
normally no issues like that cloning with macrium
but always make sure a clone works perfectly before formatting anything
and that you are 100% sure which drive is which too
is it a load of data?
ie would it take ages to reclone it?
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
normally no issues like that cloning with macrium
but always make sure a clone works perfectly before formatting anything
and that you are 100% sure which drive is which too
is it a load of data?
ie would it take ages to reclone it?
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There wasn't much on the PC Tbh mainly games and a few apps like msi afterburner... I don't know how to go about this as now I have a PC with Windows on but no apps to use to format anything, access anything or even start a fresh install of windows
 
yeah it would
thats why identifying and renaming 1 drive after clones important
i have 2 identical mp510 m2 and 1 sm951 m2
so paranoid about identifying the drives after cloning stuff lol
at least you dont have identical drives to worry about lol
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
yeah it would
thats why identifying and renaming 1 drive after clones important
i have 2 identical mp510 m2 and 1 sm951 m2
so paranoid about identifying the drives after cloning stuff lol
at least you dont have identical drives to worry about lol
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Yeah I'm glad I have different types it will make things a lot easier for me :p
 
yes it will
and even easier because ones sata so can always disconnect the cable
m2 are a pita to remove because of that stupid tiny screw
should just be a sliding latch or something instead
i hate those m2 screws with a vengeance
 
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