DATA MIGRATION

Samsung's Data Migration 3.0 is an extremely simple tool for transferring over all existing files and programs from a current HDD or SSD to a new Samsung drive. The process took us only about 20 seconds to set up. First, the SDM software scans the system for connected drives, and will show only the important partitions to the user. SDM then automatically adds the first partition, which generally contains a user's OS. Users can easily select other partitions by clicking on the graphics as necessary. SDM will also automatically adjust partition size, though users may adjust this according to their needs.

From there, SDM is ready to go. Once running, Samsung says it will take generally less than one hour to complete. In our case, SDM only took five minutes to complete as we cloned just under 40GB in a single partition - that yields a transfer rate of approximately 130MB/s. The process really was completely painless, and no doubt exists that a first-time upgrader could easily accomplish their task.

The previous version added custom cloning for customers with a larger capacity drive going to a smaller Samsung SSD. The software helped the user identify and exclude files that they didn't need. The latest version offers support for Windows 10, the option to exclude selected files from cloning, and improved cloning compatibility. In order for the new SDM to work the target drive must be one of the following: