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So, I have two NVMe SSDs in my machine: One for the system and applications (C:\), and one that holds only data (D:\). Both were 1 TB drives, but the D:\ drive was rapidly running out of capacity. So I bought a 2 TB Samsung to replace the D:\ drive.
This left me with a spare 1 TB Samsung 850 PRO drive with an integral heatsink - A very good drive. I decided to move the contents of the system drive to the spare 850 with a view to replace the existing C: drive. Now, I suppose the usual approach would be to clone the system to the replacement SSD, but I tried a different approach:
Using Powershell / Diskpart I ran the "Clean" command on the 850. Then I used Diskpart to convert the drive to gpt. That was all the preparation I did. I did not create any partitions on the drive. It was totally bare bones. Then I took the last Macrium Reflect image of the old C:\ drive and restored it to the blank 850. Macrium created and formatted all necessary partitions. I was up and running with the 850 as the new C:\ drive in a manner of 5 or 6 minutes. Nice!
One word of caution: Don't mess with Diskpart unless you know what you are doing. It is very potent. It can wipe the entire content of a disk in a flash with a single command: All data and even all partitions!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I downloaded the Trial version of Macrium today.
Tried 2 backups to external drive and both failed and when they failed it messed my system up so bad I had to reboot.
To uninstall took 3 tries with a boot in between.
It took downloading Unlocker to unlock the files it had created before I could delete them.
I've been looking to replace Acronis since they went to subscription and Macrium was at the top of the list...not any more.
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Strange! I have used Macrium hundreds of times on several machines over many years. I never had a single issue with it. I will never switch to anything else!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Yeah I thought it strange too. I've looked at buying it for a long time but help off until Acronis just got so screwed up I couldn't use it. The reviews have always been positive and I thought it would be a done deal.
Being it's a trial version there's no support so all I can do is hold out a little long with Acronis. I have an older version that has worked for a long time.
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Or you can try AOMEI as OG is very happy with it too
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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@KornfeldEliyahuPeter
Where's the CCC? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Doesn't look like he's gonna make it today
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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If it gets to 13:00 and he hasn't posted, we'll send him hate mail and roll back to the previous setter - which was you, I think!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Evil that is EEEEEvil 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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What, the hate mail? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Dat's da one !!!
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I think you are up tomorrow!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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That means you are up on Monday
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Erm ... you aren't thinking of a deliberate default, now are you? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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No - I thought we would have heard from Kornfeld by now ( things are getting a bit lively where he lives )
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 642 6/6
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Wordle 642 3/6
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One of those rare 3/6 occasions.
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Wordle 642 2/6
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a unique(for me) 2 out of 6
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OK, make me feel bad to have nearly failed! 
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Not at all, I was trying to point out I have never gotten in 2 before...but you wouldn't believe...(see today's)  (643)
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Wordle 642 2/6
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 642 4/6*
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 642 4/6*
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Wordle 642 4/6
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Wordle 642 3/6
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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