Thanks, Kevin. However, it does appear as if the SSD is recognized as an Intel SSD since when the data migration software began it showed the target drive as an Intel SSD (but I don't know if that really means anything). Anyway, another guy at Intel (from Customer Support) has said:
"Unfortunately the Intel® Data Migration Software would not work
sometimes and it seems to be an incompatibility issue when dealing with
Windows 8 and 8.1 OS and/or the UEFI BIOS. Some customers have fixed the
issue by finding a workaround solution which is basically to use a third
party software. Here it is a list of the ones they recommend that you
might want to try:
1. Clonezilla
2. Macrium Reflect Free Edition
3. DriveImage XML
4. Runtime's Shadow Copy
5. Paragon Backup <(>&<)> Recovery Free
6. EaseUS Partition Master (highly recommended)
All of those are third party software that can be installed and used for
FREE. Please try to remove the destination drive and when in Windows,
uninstall the Intel Data Migration software and try one of the above."
I am not sure if I am going to download and use one of these products or not (the Intel-supplied Acronis software appeared to damage my BIOS -- at the very least, it changed the boot order and my system was attempting to boot from the Realtek card reader on my desktop when I attempted to restart after the data migration software hung; so I had to change the boot order back manually). Anyway, I did make a system image backup (using the Windows backup/restore utility) of my HDD just before attempting to use the Acronis data migration software and was wondering what the pros and cons of restoring that backup to the Intel SSD vs. using data migration software, either free or otherwise. Any thoughts?
