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

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paralion

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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 "Minitool 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.
 
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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