Cloning my system OS from an internal M.2 Sata to M.2 NVME

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  • paralion
    PCHF Member
    • Oct 2019
    • 1

    #1

    Cloning my system OS from an internal M.2 Sata to M.2 NVME

    Hello Everyone!

    So here is what I plan to do: I want to exchange my current M.2 Sata SSD (500MB) to a bigger and faster M.2 NVME SSD.
    I want to achieve this by putting the new (2TB) NVME into an external enclosure, then cloning the Smaller system disk to that new one.
    After that, I want to remove it from the enclosure and swap it with the enternal. Here are my questions:

    1.) Will that approach work? (software wise, I want to use β€œMinitool Partition Wizard” on Windows 10)
    2.) I need an enclosure that supports NVME AND SATA SSDs. The reason is that I want to keep that slower SSD, and use it as an external. Are there enclosures that support both?
    3.) Could it be problematic that the 2 SSDs have different sizes? Or will it be suffitient to just create another partition with the unused space on the bigger one.
    3.) Any other tips or experiences?

    Best, P.
  • Bruce
    PCHF Moderator
    • Oct 2017
    • 10702

    #2
    you may be overthinking the whole exercise.:unsure:
    I’m assuming the current mobo has a NVMe slot?

    if so, I would leave the m.2 drive as is, install the NVMe drive and (personally) use Macrium Reflect to clone the drive across.
    then tell BIOS to boot from the NVMe first.

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    • phillpower2
      PCHF Administrator
      • Sep 2016
      • 15209

      #3
      Thread closed due to lack of any feedback from the OP.

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