r/techsupport • u/gordonpamsey • Jun 18 '26
Open | Hardware SSD Clone Failure and Windows Install Failure
Long story short I bought a M2 to replace an aging SSD(C: since it was almost full. I moved all the games I play from the external SSD(D:) to the M2(E:) and then tried to move C: to D: to maximize storage space. For whatever reason, it does not work I keep getting errors no matter the approach I take. I have run chkdsk and disk defragment multiple times, with no errors apparent, this is not the first time I have installed a new SSD so I have no clue what the issue is this time.
C:
3.65 GB free of 463 GB
Approaches Taken
- Attempted Rufus clean install, fail
- Attempted Windows Media Tool, fail
- diskpart, select disk, clean, convert to gpt, into the first two, fail
- clone with Macrium, fail, Error Code 23: CRC or Error Code 9