Clone Win 10 to M.2 SATA drive

[jeobsplyr]

Hello ALL. I have tried several times to clone my Win10 to an M.2 drive. To be clear,  the drive currently in the pc is an M.2 SATA, which I didn't realize. Assuming it was an M.2 NVME drive, I bought a M.2 NVME drive and a USB enclosure for it. Well, cloning process went well. But, the cloned drive would not boot to Windows, just the blue repair screen. After trying a few more times, with the same outcome, I gave up. Returned everything. I've cloned drives in the past with no problem. I can't figure out why I can't clone a working M.2 drive from this pc. I thought it would accept M.2 NVME drives, that's what the product spec page says. But, the OS is on an M.2 SATA. Thats how I received it. I figured NVME drive wouldn't work, if the M.2 slot is SATA. They look the same. Anyway, can anyone guide me in the "right" direction to achieve this?? Is it something that I need to do, something I didn't do correctly?? One task I want to accomplish, placing my system on a larger capacity drive. Thats ALL. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Bill_To]

Hi @jeobsplyr 

Welcome back to the HP Forum.

I thought the HP 590 series PCs only supported M.2 NVME drives. The Product specs show a 128 GB PCIe NVME drive.

Download and run CrystalDiskInfo.Zip to check the interface and transfer mode on the factory 128 GB drive.

This software should confirm a SATA or NVME interface on the factory M.2 drive.

An NVME interface using the factory M.2 drive would suggest you have a different problem to solve:

-Cloning software.

-New M.2 NVME drive problem.

-Faulty M.2 NVME drive enclosure.

I have also seen some HP PCs have problems with certain storage devices. I have no idea why this happens. The solution to this specific problem is above my paygrade.

Regards

[jeobsplyr]

Hello Bill. Thanks for your reply. I did as you suggested, downloaded CrystalDiskInfo and ran it. This is the result.....Interface: Serial ATA, Transfer Rate: SATA/600. Got this pc off Ebay because my previous pc died. Well guess I have to deal with what I have. Guess that's why the NVME drive wouldn't boot the pc up. Other than that, it does work well. I guess that's some consolation. I just wanted to change the drive for more space and speed. I have Samsung 500gb NVME drive from my other pc that I  wanted to use as my primary drive. Guess I could clean it and sell it. Any thoughts or ideas on this is welcome. Thanks again.

[Bill_To]

Hi @jeobsplyr 

My pleasure.

I am very surprised you have a M.2 SATA socket on this MB. HP specs specifically list a 128 GB M.2 NVME drive.

The only option would be to buy a larger M.2 SATA drive.

You would probably have to get a M.2 SATA to USB adapter if the existing M.2 to USB adapter does not support SATA.

Again, this does not make any sense.

Regards

[jeobsplyr]

Hi again,  Bill. Is it possible that the port was changed during a repair or something? I'm like you, I don't understand why this pc has a SATA m.2 slot when the specs say nvme. And I can't find any info on this Lincs motherboard, anywhere. If I 've been duped by this EBAY seller, they're going to really be put on notice. Thanks again.

[Bill_To]

Hi @jeobsplyr 

My pleasure.

I have older retail MBs (Asus and Gigabyte) that support both SATA drives and NVME drives using a M.2, Key M socket. Newer MBs seem to be dropping M.2 SATA support.

Some M.2, Key M sockets only support one or the other interface as determined by the MB OEM.

It is my understanding M.2 drive support is done in the BIOS. The MB chipset will support either drive interface.

It may be a typo at your PC's spec site where HP indicates the 128 GB factory SSD is an NVME drive.

Regards

[jeobsplyr]

Well, Bill, it seems I found the answer I was looking for.  There's another product specifications info section here: It states under Hard Drives:  HP Pavilion 590-p0054 | HP® Support

Hard drive

1 TB 7200 rpm SATA 128 GB SATA M.2 SSD.  So I guess there was some typo on the other page. As I said before, at least it works well..

[jeobsplyr]

Oh, click on Full Product Specifications.

[Bill_To]

Hi @jeobsplyr 

HP has a May, 2023 BIOS update for your MB at this Link.

Can't verify the BIOS update will help but a M.2, Key M socket should support NVME drives if the BIOS supports this option.

Regards

[jeobsplyr]

Hi Bill. Weird you suggested that. I installed that BIOS update a couple of days ago. As a matter of fact, it was before I ran CrystalDiskInfo, and it still showed Serial ATA as interface. Go figure, huh??