Move OS to new SSD without having both drive in the same PC
Hi,
I have a new 500gb NVMe SSD drive because the 250GB drive that came with the computer is not enough.
However, because there is only one NVMe slot, I cant have both drives installed at the same time and therefore I cant really use a standard drive clone to move the OS.
So I guess the best would be to make a image of the drive and than restore this image on the new drive.
Since this is a important move for me, I wanted to reach out and get some opinions on what would be the saves procedure to do a more when it is not possible to have both drives in the computer at the same time.
Any tips and shared experience would be much appreciated.
I have a new 500gb NVMe SSD drive because the 250GB drive that came with the computer is not enough.
However, because there is only one NVMe slot, I cant have both drives installed at the same time and therefore I cant really use a standard drive clone to move the OS.
So I guess the best would be to make a image of the drive and than restore this image on the new drive.
Since this is a important move for me, I wanted to reach out and get some opinions on what would be the saves procedure to do a more when it is not possible to have both drives in the computer at the same time.
Any tips and shared experience would be much appreciated.
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Hi David, Thanks for the suggestion.
It is a PC (DELL XPS Tower 8930)
Its a option I considered, in fact I have already ordered a PCIe adapter card that allows me to plug-in the old drive using the PCIe slot.
However, since it also comes from AliExpress it will take a while to be here.
I hoped for a repayable way to actually backup to a image on a external drive, than change the card and restore back. For me the main thing I try to do is to see if anyone had a good experience doing this and what tools they used for it.
It is a PC (DELL XPS Tower 8930)
Its a option I considered, in fact I have already ordered a PCIe adapter card that allows me to plug-in the old drive using the PCIe slot.
However, since it also comes from AliExpress it will take a while to be here.
I hoped for a repayable way to actually backup to a image on a external drive, than change the card and restore back. For me the main thing I try to do is to see if anyone had a good experience doing this and what tools they used for it.
windows 7 backup
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Yes this might work if I install a OS on the USB and use backup.
In any case I will probably use Drive SnapShot to backup a complete snapshot of the 250GB drive and than use a dos boot disc and run Drive SnapShot in DOS to restore it to the new 512GB drive.
I guess if this is not working right, I will do it again and backup the partition instead and than after restore resize the partition to max of the new 512GB drive.
In any case I will probably use Drive SnapShot to backup a complete snapshot of the 250GB drive and than use a dos boot disc and run Drive SnapShot in DOS to restore it to the new 512GB drive.
I guess if this is not working right, I will do it again and backup the partition instead and than after restore resize the partition to max of the new 512GB drive.
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Thank you for the confirmation of the method. Just wanted to know if anything to watch out when moving a OS boot image, but it looks quite strait forward.
i expect to see you back here, if it's the first time though; i just want you to know wer'e here
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Of course, I like this site a lot.
It did not really work as envisioned because Windows 10 makes all these partitions. In addition there is a dell recovery partition. So its a but more complicated. Anyway, I have a plan and will see how it works.
It did not really work as envisioned because Windows 10 makes all these partitions. In addition there is a dell recovery partition. So its a but more complicated. Anyway, I have a plan and will see how it works.
>> It did not really work as envisioned because Windows 10 makes all these partitions. I << why not? just select the whole drive to make the image fromthat's all
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Yes, that is what I did, I made a partition image with everything, than I restored it to the new drive and resized the main content partition to the max. All worked fine. Than you all for the helpful discussion.
desktop you can get a pcie adapter
laptop get a usb3 nvme drive enclosure
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=nvme+ssd+enclosure&ignorear=0&N=-1&isNodeId=1
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/M-key-NVME-PCI-Express-M-2-SSD-HDD-Enclosure-USB3-0-to-PCI-e-3/710969_32790143462.html?
spm=a2g0z.12010108.1000016
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=7172&initiative_id=AS_20180717185323&SearchText=m.2+pcie+nvme+usb+adapter