installing samsung 860 EVO SSD

[Edward193]

After HP diagnostics and advise from HP comunity i decided to replace HDD. Bought samsung 860 evo.

Connected to USB using SATA to USB cable to check the device, it appears at the USB port as ASM105x but does not comes up in my drives list.

1: What may be the reason, do i need additional drivers? which ones doesn't find them at Samsung Support

2: I intend to clone my HDD, but i read this is not recommended when the HDD show errors (Long and short HDD Selftest gives failed result).

3: If a cloning fails can i recover the SSD for storage?

Thanks 

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

The new SSD is likely blank and will not show up as a lettered storage disk until it is initiated, partitioned and formatted. 

You can do this with disk management. 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-format-new-hard-drive-windows-10

Yes if your existing hard drive shows errors it is not wise to try to clone it. You should do a clean install of Windows 10 onto the new SSD and then move files over from the old drive using your SATA to USB cable. 

Post back if you need any more help and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

[Edward193]

OK done, but as expected i lost my E: HP_RECOVERY partition  and also the F: HP_TOOLS partition (have still  both on my Original drive, even after my former WIN7 to 10 installation with from a USBmem stick made using the Cloud Recovery tool)).

It is not clear wether these partitions should be created when starting from a blank drive.

I read somewhere that Win 10 does not offer to create the Revovery part. 

Question: Must i consider this USBmem as a replacement for the HP_recovery partition?

What about the HP_TOOLS part.(FAT32)

[Huffer]

A Windows 10 installation from Media Creation Tool media will not create an HP recovery partition. If you add the UEFI diagnostics from the driver download page it will recreate the HP Tools partition but not the HP recovery. Do you have an HP recovery usb stick made from the HP recovery app? That will serve as a recovery medium. Frankly these days with Windows 10 available as a free download the need for an HP recovery partition is much less.