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If I clone a windows install from a 120 GB SATA SSD, will it work on an M.2 Drive?

Naxa4500
By Naxa4500
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I was about to use Acronis True Image HD to clone the OS from my 120 GB 2.5" SanDisk SATA SSD, to a Crucial P1 M.2 Drive, but it said "Warning! Your old and new hard drives must work in the same controller mode (for example, IDE or AHCI). Otherwise, your computer will not start from the new hard drive." in the documentation

 

I was wondering if these worked in the same controller mode, so I can just clone my OS without a hitch.

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Just make sure that both are in the same controller mode, and you should be able to proceed with the clone just fine. 

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29 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Just make sure that both are in the same controller mode, and you should be able to proceed with the clone just fine. 

My main SSD is running in AHCI mode, but apparently AHCI doesn't work with NVMe SSDs; would I have to reinstall windows in this case?

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13 minutes ago, Naxa4500 said:

My main SSD is running in AHCI mode, but apparently AHCI doesn't work with NVMe SSDs; would I have to reinstall windows in this case?

Is there any way to switch to IDE mode in BIOS? If not, I'd assume that your only option is to reinstall. 

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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12 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Is there any way to switch to IDE mode in BIOS? If not, I'd assume that your only option is to reinstall. 

Nope, but I found out there is however software that is able to clone AHCI based Windows installs on regular drives onto NVMe SSDs, it's called Macrium Reflect and I'll probably use it later.

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