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Clone Solid State Drive

Long story short, I have no idea how to externally connect to a 128G,M.2,2280,PCIe3x4,SAMSG,STD Solid State Drive outside my computer like I would a SATA drive. I need to clone my current drive, which is shown below.
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8/22/2022 - Mon
furuno

The easiest option here will be to put it back into the original system and clone it from there.

Is the original system operational?
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Everything is working great, new computer. The OS and programs are on the ssd. I need to connect the target drive so I can clone it using Acronis.
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Backup the system to a USB drive. Then replace the drives and restore from backup using a Recovery media for backup program. No additional adapters are needed.
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John

Thank you and I was happy to help. Good luck with your project.
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Darn my last comment wasn't posted.

I don't wish to backup to a USB drive as if HD or OS (see next post) failure I would simply wish to swap out the drive.

Awesome assistance...just what I needed.
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Mags
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Hey Jackie Man...the suggested adapter will not work with PCIe solid state drives. I am finding it hard to find one...do you know where I may be able to?
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