SSD will not format

[MattMon01]

Please help. I am trying to install a Samsung 870 EVO SSD to replace my hard drive. I am wanting to clone or reinstall Windows onto the SSD and keep the HDD as storage. The problem is, the SSD will not format to NTFS. I am not the most tech savvy but have done lots of research to try to figure this out. I have tried everything I know of - using disk manager, command prompt, programs I've downloaded. It shows up as RAW and it simply will not format - gets stuck at 0% every time. What could be causing this??

[MattMon01]

I should add that this is the SECOND SSD I've tried, same brand and model. They both acted the same. 

[HamzaRaheel]

Please can you tell what steps you have taken to clone the windows 

have you tried to format through another pc

Have you tried cleaning the disk by cmd if not 

then connect to a system run cmd as administrator 

type diskpart without space 

then type list disk with space 

select the disk with ssd by typing select disk 1 or the number with ssd

type clean 

then type convert to gpt [ you can also convert it into mbr as per your requirements ]

then type create part pri

then exit the cmd and format through file explorer

tell me if this works 

[MattMon01]

Hi, thank you for the info. I tried that method and it did not work - it still gets stuck when trying to format it. I asked a relative to format it for me on their PC - they successfully formatted it as exFAT (their PC is MAC). But I am needing NTFS format since my C drive is NTFS and I'm wanting to clone it, correct? For some reason it will not format as NTFS. BTW I am running Windows 10 Home. I cleaned and converted the SSD to GPT in the command prompt. My SSD is 250GB. My hard drive is 1TB but I was just wanting to have Windows on the SSD to boot from. Thanks in advance for any other help/advice you can offer.

[HamzaRaheel]

Hi 

Can you tell when you try to format with exfat does it properly format 

Try this method to convert exfat to ntfs 

Open cmd run as administrator 

type the listed comand 

chkdsk i: /f                [where "i" is the letter assigned to pendrive]

then type 

convert i: /fs:NTFS                    [where "i" is the letter assigned to pendrive]

This will convert the exfat to ntfs

Let me know if this help

Advanced Solution is to install AOMEI Partition Assistant - A Safe Partition Manager for Windows PC and Server (aomeitech.com)

it is a good software i have used it to convert ntfs to fat32 or fat32 to ntfs it is free for basic operations 

One of my usb was not working well when i try to format it it also stuck on 0 and my whole system hangs i tried every thing but nothing worked but i find a software matrix usb formatter 

link Martik USB Disk Formatter - Download (lo4d.com)

it took 1 hour to format a 32 gb usb but it worked for me and usb drive was working again

You can try this 

The solution to boot windows from ssd is to plug the ssd  to the main port and do a clean install for full speed of ssd 

if you want to clone then make  a recovery disk from windows if you dont know how to make a full recovery disk with  all oem partition you should use windows recovery manger and can also watch a video from youtube because  watching is better then reading you will understand properly 

Steps 

Make a recovery disk

Make a bootable pendrive  with latest windows 10 

Boot with usb 

Click repiar 

then click install form usb or pendrive 

Select your ssd 

It will automatically do all the things 

Watching a video for this process will be better

[WAWood]

@MattMon01 

You do NOT format a destination drive you are trying to clone TO.  The cloning operation will handle any formatting needed.

And even if you do format it OK, the cloning operation will simply reformat the drive, anyway.  So, you are wasting your time trying to do this.

What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
2) Connect the new drive to the PC using a USB-to-SSD drive adapter (like the one illustrated below)
3) Follow the instructions in this link: http://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW/Cloning+a+disk
4) Shutdown the PC when done
5) Swap the drives and reboot the PC.

NOTE: To do this easily, the SDD has to be the same capacity as the HDD.  IF you get an SDD that is a lot smaller, then before you do the cloning, you have to shrink the largest partition on the HDD (usually the OS partition), to the size such that it, and the other partitions, fit easily on the SSD.

You should boot from the new drive without any problems.

Typical USB-to-SSD adapter: