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Pretty sure I did that when I aske for help here back then-But I certainly will try it tonight regardless! Thanks

I use this when I can. but very flakey for me. Sometimes it will work and sometimes NOTHING. IU have tried all the suggestions I was given, maybe a year ago. Still happens. Love this program-wish they would update it. I paid for it maybe twice actually. I would PAY AGAIN if it was fixed. Craig A. made some nice add ons for it. I have them still but I cannot get most things to work, not just his. ?

JUt thought I would post back. worked for the last 3 hours or so under daw desk (good thing it's a standup Electric) Bottom line: after all this BS even though Aomei said clone\migration to drive was GOOD-it wasn't. Also, realized, yes my memory is terrible. I actually had the OS drive in a PCI card adapter instead of on the motherboard. iirc it was because at the time of the build I didn't have any heatsinks or covers for the MBNVME 2 slot but I did have the card with it's own heatsink.-Still, the clone did not work in there either. so I am right back where I started- ?

Well, finally shorted the 2 pins by cmos battery (should have done that from the get go, just been a long while. There was a Feb 2024 BIOS update on ASUS site so I downloaded it. Nice since my MB is from 2021. So I updated the bios and all is well. Last step will be, DOES the PC boot from the cloned C drive-We'll see. Thanks very much folks-Greatly appreciated

OK I give up-The Daw stays as it is.

OK I give up. i CANNOT boot to UEFI bios. I tried everything I found on the web. Fast start is off. Problem is I have no idea which slot the Boot drive is in. Guess I could remove everything but this really stinks. Oh well.

OK LIke I said I forgot an awful lot-So the new C drive has a d drive letter assigned . when I pull the existing C drive and put the new one in the ssd slot there will be no C drive for PC to boot? So, since Aomei said all migration was successfully completed I will have to believe it so first I can delete the partition on the old c drive, change to letter to q or whatever. Then I can change to New drive letter to C? Hmmm-Getting old is not always fun!

So Samsung Magician does NOT recognize the USB connected SSD. So I cannot select it as a target. Aomei immediately recognized-how weird. I am going to try Clonezilla now-Jeeezz. Aomei seemed very capable but some steps I thought were weird. If Clonezilla isn't straightforward I'll just use Aomei Partition Asst Pro.

Just for info: It's an Asus Prime Z590-A MB. All NVME 2 slots are filled, one of them being the c drive. Full disclosure-I used to admin Systems in Country clubs and other places. But tis was back around 2005. I really don't remember much of what I used to know I do still put my own towers together which actually is no big deal. I do have a nice laptop (Asus also) So I'll just give it a shot with my DAW and go from there. Worst case scenario I figure is shutting down and having to put the original SSD C drive back in original slot which should not change anything or cause any issues Thanks again everyone . I will post back. I do have Clonezilla, Aomei partition asst, Acronis True Image and samsung Magician. Why I have no idea. I do use magician every few days to check things and Aomei to do stuff on the drives.

I have 2 of those..............

@John V and Msmcleod so after I am done I will install into NVME2 slot the NEW drive and take out the old. Question: Will the PC automatically recognize the new drive ? Is there something I need to do in the bios first? I can but just checking it has been so long. Thank guys

I was wondering where I would have the target drive while doing this. Now I know. I have plenty of very fast eternal housings\cables. I also wouldn't care if it took all. And I am going from 500GB to 1TB so that is part of the reason- Since all my drives a re Samsung drives I will go with Samsung Magician since it worked for John V. I do have a few different partition manager\editors type apps also.

If this is the wrong place for this I apologize . Also, hopefully, install NEW Sonar perpetual whenever that happens. I understand it's almost always better to just start over but Jeezz, such a pain. Have a new Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB. Would rather clone than re install everything. All SSD's are Samsung SSD 980's and 990 pro's. 3 of them installed. One for samples and one for audio and one for Windows. Is Samsung migration a good choice to clone (migrate?) the C drive to new drive. I do have True Image 2021 also. Also not apposed to buying a different app if need be but I am hoping Samsung Magician migration is OK. ****I am also wondering best way to do it. Where should the (target) NEW DRIVE BE-internal, external??? Thanks Hope this makes sense...................

For clarity, I posted about the thread being closed by a moderator n just figured afterwards what's the point.

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You know I hate to say this because I know many of you have been forum members like me since the very old CW forums, Glennbo and Susan G. and so many others-kid of lie forum friends so to speak. But I don't get the CW lawyers on here that keep defending CW? Please remember they ARE MAKING $$$ from membership or whatever you prefer to call it. I am beginning to think that they (CW and I am not INCLUDING NOEL B. when I say CW-he is kind of one of us to me) feel if they sell it they will lose MANY memberships which is probably true. So please let's just have some actual transparency. OK I'm done! Sell it, we love bugs!

Yes You are probably correct, but I also very much agree with Misha's post right above this.

So are saying the (membership fee) , which is basically a subscription that many have now is FREE? I was\am talking about what is happening NOW. IOW, the wait is because of all the bugs but selling "memberships to same software is OK? That's just weird imho! OK I will STOP posting about the "wait". I guess I see it different than others and yes, as I said before I have been with CW since the early 90's a the very least. Obviously I am somewhat alone in NOT choosing to defend the situation.

So their is a PAID SUBSCRIPTION with all these bugs? uh OK........................................

Emails advertising for Bandlab like I said in other post-NOT for SONAR or CW. Just the bandlab community. I ll try and find the settings as recommended Thanks

The many emails advertising for Bandlab (NOT SONAR or CW) For the Bandlab community-share, join, whatever..................

way too many! I am a Cakewalk\sonar fan, not a BANDLAB fan, sorry. Hate to block them. Is there a way to OPT OUT without losing new sonar emails etc? I get that is their business. I am so NOT INTERESTED................

Hey John I use\open CWBL everyday. I do NOT have the backstage pass and since an activation issue many weeks ago I never get asked again. Although every now and then when I open it dialog box above vst info says It is activated.

I am not stressing Glenn- I am sad and disappointed.........Sorry I don't buy the excuses.......No pun intended. I'm Done!

I had no doubt you were serious. I appreciated your comments. The jokes and the rest, not so much. Why the smug jokes and sarcasm? Well, we know!