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Using samsung SSD magician on linux

I have a samsung SSD and Samsung has a magician software for their SSD. I would like to use it, however I just have linux and the software is only supported on Windows. Is there a way to install it with wine? When I downloaded the installer and ran…
Brian Moths
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Unable to verify Samsung 870 EVO SSD 500GB

I have purchased a brand new Samsung 870 EVO SSD 500GB from local vendor in my city. From the over all looks and performance of the SSD it is working great. But Samsung Magician is unable to verify if the SSD is original or a fake. I am attaching…
Abdul Rehman Sohail
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Samsung Magician Not Detecting EVO 870 Plugged in from SATA to USB

I bought a 1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD on November 2022. I'm finally getting around to swapping it with my 500GB EVO 850 since I need more space anyways. I am trying to do data migration from my 500GB to my 1TBSSD. I downloaded the latest version of…
Wolf Zwiener
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Cannot boot from Samsung SSD 950 EVO after Samsung Magician's Data Migration finished

There's this Samsung Magician software that Samsung recommends to use with its Samsung SSD 950 EVO drives and they provide this feature - Data Migration. Idea is that it can take a system drive with Windows OS on it and clone it to the new drive. I…
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How to encrypt Samsung SSD?

I have an 860 pro SSD with windows installed on it. In the encryption section (Samsung Magician) it says ready to enable. Idk What does this mean. Is the encryption enabled now? Or there are extra steps to be done? am I supposed to erase the drive…
Pizza Pie
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Is it necessary to secure erase a hardware encrypted Samsung SSD before reinstalling Windows?

I have a Samsung SSD 870 EVO and I have enabled hardware encryption by following the instructions written in Samsung Magician, which is to first secure erase the drive and then doing a fresh Windows install. However, after the steps above, I needed…
Sepp
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Why must the source drive be running the OS for Samsung Magician Data Migration to proceed?

I'm trying to clone from one small NVME drive to a larger one for a laptop I own. I remove the drive from the laptop, plug it along with the larger drive into this PCIE dual NVME adapter on my desktop which has two NVME slots. I boot into Windows…
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