Nvme Boot Samsung data Migration

Allmightyballs · September 28, 2020

I installed a 970 evo plus V-Nand in my MSI Gl73 8rd. I used the samsung data migration tool, transfer seemed sucessful. Went into bios changed it to boot from the 970, tried legacy & uefi neither would boot.

Did I miss a boot step, possible compatibility issue, migration failure?

Is there a specific way of setting up bios to get it to boot from the 970?

Should I remove the HDD & use a W10 usb even though I already used Samsung data migration on the 970?

Or do I have to do whats in the Toms hardware picture?

Ive found 3 different write ups & Im not sure which to follow getting the nvme to boot

Any steps to resolve the issue & boot from the Evo while using the HDD as extra storage would be greatly appreciated

Bombastinator · September 28, 2020

Is the old HDD still bootable? Is it not bootable but still listed as a boot drive and in the boot sequence? Will the new SSD boot of the HD is not in the machine?

Allmightyballs · September 28, 2020

@Bombastinator Yes & still boots even when its disabled & removed from the list. I removed it from the list & but the Samsung at the top of the boot list. Ive tried about 8 different suggestions but only took pictures from the first few attempts.