Format old SSD

Minibiker · 23 May 2020 at 23:23

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

Minibiker · 23 May 2020 at 23:33

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

Ahh ok so restart the pc, Change boot order then go to format the old one

Minibiker · 23 May 2020 at 23:40

alex h said:
Yes mate

Cheers bud i'll do that now

Minibiker · 23 May 2020 at 23:41

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

Ok thanks for your help bud

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 00:08

Mcnumpty2323 said:
always happy to help
you could also disconnect cable from sata drive
boot pc reconnect cable after naming M2 drive

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

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 00:13

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

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 00:18

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?

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

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 00:22

Mcnumpty2323 said:
just boot back to the original drive
and clone it again?

OK I'll give that a go in the morning... Thanks bud I'll post back when I've tried it

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 00:31

Mcnumpty2323 said:
no worries mate
long as you dont format any drive until totally sure
of everything then nothing major can go wrong
that cant be easily undone

Don't say that

If I was to do that I'd be so mad, that would mean a new install wouldn't it :eek:

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 00:35

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

Yeah I'm glad I have different types it will make things a lot easier for me

Minibiker · 24 May 2020 at 23:39

alex h said:
Have you sorted this mate

Not really, I gave everything a go today but it didn't seem to want to show any shortcuts or boot into anything, very odd.. I ended up doing a whole fresh install of windows onto the 480gb SSD and leaving the 120gb SSD out... All working fine now though just an odd issue I've never seen before...

Shame I couldn't get to the bottom of this just for future reference..

Minibiker · 25 May 2020 at 09:47

alex h said:
Yeh was really weird it should have been fine I've just installed my 1tb nvme did a fresh install seemed to go well now just got to download my games

Yeah maybe I clicked something on Macrium Reflect that I shouldn't have... I've only got one game on there at the moment

I will get a few more downloaded today