Intel Data Migration Software not Detecting SSD
I've got an HP notebook computer and bought a new X25-M 120GB drive to replace
the notebook's SATA drive. I've got the SSD plugged into an external SATA
drive dock, connected to the notebook via USB. Windows 7 sees the unformatted drive
connected via USB. However, when I try to install the Intel Data Migration Software,
it reports that the Intel Data Migration Software not detecting SSD. Why would that
happens and how to fix it?
To solve the problem, you need to know Intel Data Migration Software first.
About Intel Data Migration Software
Intel Data Migration Software (IDMS), is a data migration tool that produced by
Intel. It can be used to copy content including operating system, applications,
personal files from old storage device to new Intel SSD. After that, you can also
choose delete all data from the old hard drive. When you install IDMS on your
computer, it will detect your old hard drive and the new Intel SSD, and you can
follow its wizard to migrate all data from the old hard drive to new Intel SSD. PS, the destination disk
must be bigger than the source disk.
Problems of using Intel Data Migration Software
Well, you may meet many problems of using IDMS. Intel Data Migration Software not
detecting SSD is one of the problems like the Scenario. Actually, you may meet many
other problems while using Intel Data Migration Software to migrate data from old
storage drives to their new Intel SSD. For example, you may meet the problem that
Intel Data Migration cloned SSD won’t boot; many Windows 10 users may meet the
problem that the Intel Data Migration Software not working in Windows 10; or you may
even meet black screen after reboot Intel Data Migration, etc. Well, is there any
way can avoid those problems.
Solutions for Intel Data Migration Software not detecting SSD
When you meet this Intel Data migration Software not detecting SSD problem, you need
to know that this software only supports Intel SSD in the very first time. If you
are using Intel SSD, you need to make sure whether your Intel SSD is installed in
the right way. For this operation, you can:
1. Turn to Device Management, if the drive start with Intel SSD in Disk Drive, it is
correct.
2. Besides, you should check the connection:
For desktop, you should insert the Intel SSD to the SATA connection to the
motherboard. While for laptop, you should connect the SSD to computer with a SATA to
USB cable.
The best alternative to Intel Data Migration Software
As Intel Data Migration Software has so many problems, you can figure out another way
to migrate data from old hard drive to new Intel SSD. And AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard should
be the best alternative to Intel Data migration Software. It is free, and it can
help you migrate data from old hard drive to new SSD including Intel, Kingston, WD,
Samsung, and other brands. What’s more, its intuitive interface make things much
easier. Here s the guide for how to migrate data from old hard drive to new Intel
SSD with this great Intel data migration tool.
Step 1. Connect the Intel SSD to your Windows PC, make sure it can
be detected by your Windows. Then, free download AOMEI
Partition Assistant and install it on your computer.
Step 2. Launch AOMEI Partition Assistant, you can see all disks on
your computer list in the concise interface including SSD. Click Disk Clone Wizard in the left pane.
You need to choose “Clone Disk Quickly” or “Sector-by-Sector Clone”. The former
one will only clone the used space on the hard drive, while the later one will make
an exactly duplication of the old hard drive no matter it used or not. Thus, if you
choose the Sector-by-Sector Clone, your target hard drive should be at least as same
as the source disk and you cannot change the partition size during the whole operation.


Step 3. Select the old hard drive as the source disk, click Next.

Step 4. Then, select the new Intel SSD as the target disk, tick the
box in front of “Optimize performance of SSD”, click Next.

Step 5. AOMEI Partition Assistant allows you to edit partitions on
the new drive. If you don’t want to do here, click Next to
skip this step.

Step 6. Then here will give you a note for how to boot from the
cloned hard drive. Read about and click Finish, you will back to
the main interface. Confirm the operations, click Apply ->Proceed to execute the task.

Tips:
●If you try to move data from GPT disk to MBR disk, you need to make sure that there
are less than 4 partitions on the GPT disk cause the MBR disk only supports up to 4
primary partitions.
●If you try to migrate system MBR disk to GPT disk, you need to make sure your motherboard supports
UEFI, otherwise, the cloned disk may not be able to boot successfully.
AOMEI Partition Assistant should be the best alternative to Intel Data Migration
Software. It can help you transfer contents from old hard drive to new HDD or SSD
easily and simply. If you upgrade to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional edition, you can unlock many advanced features
like allocate free space, etc.