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I ran the driver booster to try to speed up the system and got this, i can't do anything about it. What should i do?

Nothing is working...

44 minutes ago, Klem said:

I think that Samsung Data Migration software it's a good choice.

https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/

yes, i used it,and it worked perfectly. i am now writing this from the cloned system on my new NVMe! it's smooth it is very good! the only thing is that the speed is not as expected, but that is probably due to the machine which is old... or? do you think something could be done about the speed? i already installed the newest Samsung NVMe Driver 3.1.

And i also ordered a heatsink from AliExpress because i don't think any other would fit and it's copper so that's good.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Copper-Heatsink-Cooler-Heat-sink-Thermal-Conductive-Adhesive-For-M-2-NGFF-2280-PCI-E-NVME/32945025573.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.3da24c4d8LsXN4

The only thing is that i don't know if i should use it with the provided thermal conductive adhesive, or with a paste... i think maybe the paste is better.

The NVMe is getting far too hot unfortunately (during the test up to 78°C)

1 hour ago, Klem said:

Just install new Windows on the new NVMe disk.

Another option is to do a clean OS installation in UEFI mode onto any SATA connected SSD (a suitable NVMe driver should be available for the OS!) and to clone the complete disk drive content onto the NVMe SSD. After having inserted the NVMe EFI module into the BIOS, the formerly used SSD should be removed and the NVMe SSD inserted.

on NVMe i installed and successfully ran fresh windows10, but then realized that i don't want to go through all the tedious intallations and settings tweaking... so i decided to rather clone the old sata ssd (in perfect state) to the new NVMe.

now, my old ssd was MBR so i can't use it with UEFI.

So what i did is, i disabled the uefi through the advanced startup option because i couldn't reach the BIOS at the boot-up with F2 key for some reason being totally ignored, then i removed the NVMe and the old sata ssd booted normally. Then i ran C:\>mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0 /allowfullos to convert my old sata ssd from MBR to GPT, with success.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gpt. 

now i am planing to change back to UEFI and boot-up the new GPT ssd and clone it to the NVMe. Is there any good cloning software that you could suggest? there is the samsung data migration, but i don't know if it is any good..

8 hours ago, Klem said:

Ok. Your bios mod with NVME support done. I sent it to you via PM.

After you successfully install the BIOS mod, then you can install Windows 10 on your NVMe disk.

• Important:
  • The "BOOT" section of the UEFI BIOS and the shortcut to the "Bootable Devices" will not show the NVMe SSD, although it may be bootable!
  • After having installed the NVMe supporting OS in UEFI mode onto the PCIe/M.2 connected SSD, you will see the new bootable system drive listed as "Windows Boot Manager".
• Here are some advices about how to get Win10 properly installed onto an M.2 or PCIe connected NVMe SSD:
  • Save the important data, which are currently on the NVMe SSD.
  • Create a bootable, FAT32 formatted USB Flash drive containing the desired Win10 image by using the tool Rufus (important: choose the UEFI mode partition table = GPT).
    Here is a picture, which shows the most important Rufus settings:
    
  • Enter the BIOS and navigate to the "BOOT" section and - if applicable - the "SECURITY" or "Keys" section. 
    Make sure, that the "Secure Boot" and "Fast Boot" options are disabled. The "Compatibility Support Module" (CSM) can either be set to "Disabled" as well (better option, but requires full UEFI compatibility of the graphics adapter) or to "Enabled" with the ability/preference to load EFI BIOS modules for the Storage Disk Drives. If you see BIOS options for the "OS type", choose "other OS". This will disable the Secure Boot setting.
    Side note: Some users reported, they they had to disable the ASMedia SATA Controller within the "Storage Configuration" section to be able to boot off the NVMe SSD.
  • Most important: Unplug all storage disk drives except the NVMe supporting SSD.
  • Insert the prepared USB Flash drive and boot off it in UEFI mode (the related bootable USB drive should be shown by the Boot Manager with the prefix "[UEFI]").
  • When you come to the point, where you have to decide onto which Drive and which partition the OS shall be installed, delete all existing partitions from your NVME supporting SSD. After having done that, let the Win10 Setup create a new partition for your future drive C: on the related SSD. Then point to this just created partition as the desired future OS location.
  • The rest should be done by the Setup automaticly. You will get a message, that some additional partitions have to be created. Accept that and follow the advice of the Setup where to install the OS.
  • Once the OS is up and running, shut down the computer, remove the bootable USB Flash driver and reconnect all your previously used storage drives.
  • Before you restart cour computer, make sure, that the NVMe SSD resp. its listed "Windows Boot Manager" is on top of the bootable storage drives.

OMG! It's  working like a charm! Man, you are genius!! One thing though. Now that it is all set up, i can not seem to boot the system from my old sata ssd any more. I just get a black screen and a white line blinking, like in dos. What to do? 

18 minutes ago, Klem said:

Hi!

You can post here your bios dump from your laptop.

For creating backup of bios use attached program.  Extract attached archive directly on the Desktop and run the program as Administrator (right click mouse). Program will create archive "results" directly on the Desktop. You can upload it to any fileserver and post the link.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/mxoavw

or

http://www120.zippyshare.com/v/NC9WuxRI/file.html

Wow, thanks man! I'll do it asap and be right back

18 minutes ago, Klem said:

Hi!

You can post here your bios dump from your laptop.

For creating backup of bios use attached program.  Extract attached archive directly on the Desktop and run the program as Administrator (right click mouse). Program will create archive "results" directly on the Desktop. You can upload it to any fileserver and post the link.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/mxoavw

or

http://www120.zippyshare.com/v/NC9WuxRI/file.html

hi klem,heres the link

https://mega.nz/#!hFwiQQxD!m-Q2VAAHTFODtAH5SObLz8bnmDhr_3ny41PYBywGUDs

tnx

Hey guys, I am Grga and i am new here. I rarely use forums but i am desperate in this case.

So, as i have seen many of you have had the issue with obsolete BIOS versions for clevo P7xxZM machines,

So i would like to hear your experiences and how you went about it. 

I have recently bought an ssd Samsung 970 PRO NVMe M.2. From which i would like to boot the windows10.

Little did i know that there was no support for that kind of protocol in the BIOS or that there is such thing as UEFI (for which i am still not sure what that is exactly, except some kind of successor of BIOS).

So i did a bit of research and updated my Bios and ec to 1.03.15 and 1.03.09 respectively for which i understand is the last available official release. I changed to uefi mode with secure boot disabled etc... in short i did everything that my (limited) knowledge about these things allowed me to do (and the sweat of excitement and fear when i was flashing the bios for the first time in my life). But, alas, it all yielded no success,  and now i am lost. I have really no idea what to do, and whom to ask for help except for you guys here. The only thing that i understand worked for some of you is when you mentioned a wizard named @Prema so therefore i will try to do the same....