If that occurs the task should be aborted as a reboot is not necessary in this scenario. The caveat here is that in some cases the computer will, after the user sets up the clone task, warn that a reboot is needed to complete the operation. It is possible to run the clone tool from within the Windows installed TI app. In such a case they select an incorrect disk, either source or destination and end up overwriting a disk they did not intend to. The issue with clone is that in some cases users become confused as to which drive is which when running a clone operation from the Recovery Media created on removable media.

The clone operation is a one off exception to that method. The preferred method to migrate data from an existing disk to a new one is via a restore of an existing backup. Again they are both Samsung drives and I have their NVMe driver installed also. So far my 1 Tb is empty and your suggestion implies I could just restore one of my backups to the new drive (of course checking the BIOS for booting). In response to #1 and #2 reply Are you saying I don't have to clone my original Samsung 960EVO 500 Gb to my newly acquired Samsung 970EVO 1Tb drive? Both are in my computer and I thought I would have to go through the cloning process.

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