momopi
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Every since Samsung discontinued the data migration tool and rolled the disk clone feature into Samsung Magician, they've dropped support for various old drives. Previously you could clone them to a Samsung SSD, now they just show as unsupported.
So it's back to Macrium Reflect. The free version is still avail here:
https://archive.org/details/reflect_setup_free_x64_202402 (slightly older version that I'm using)
The free version actually has a lot of features, but you have to dig around to use them. For example, ignoring bad sectors (CRC errors) when imaging a drive:
Excluding directories:
So it's back to Macrium Reflect. The free version is still avail here:
Macrium Reflect Free FINAL v8.0.7783 (32/64 bit) : Macrium Software : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Included is the final version of Macrium Reflect Free (v8.0.7783), in both the 64 bit and 32 bit flavors, downloaded using the offical ReflectDLHF.exe...
archive.org

Download Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - MajorGeeks
With Macrium Reflect Free Edition you'll be able to easily make an accurate and reliable image of your HDD or individual partitions. Using this image you can restore the entire disk, partition or...
www.majorgeeks.com
The free version actually has a lot of features, but you have to dig around to use them. For example, ignoring bad sectors (CRC errors) when imaging a drive:
Excluding directories: