Best way to replace my SSD and cloning my OS.

[Brage1]

So I have recently bought a new SSD, the "Kingston KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 2TB" to be exact. I am upgrading from a "256 GB PCIe NVMe TLC M.2 Solid State" which came with the PC. I am wondering about the process of switching them now. How do I do this the easiest? I've read that some use an external hard drive enclosure to clone it, but I dont have that. Is it possible to just use a regular external hard drive, or use the additional SATA drive that is already in my computer to make this process easier?

Thanks.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I'm thinking that you may need to buy the USB3/USB-C to NVMe SSD enclosure.

SSK Aluminum M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVME PCI-E SATA M-Key/(...

I suppose you can try cloning the NVMe drive to an external hard drive, and then remove the NVMe SSD install the new one and then try to clone from the external hard drive to the new NVMe SSD.

You probably have nothing to lose but time.

[Brage1]

Gotchu, if i were to just clean install windows on the new ssd instead, what is the easiest way to go about it?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You can use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your PC.

Here is an info link for how to use the utility.  You will need a 32 GB USB flash drive.

HP-PC-er for forbrukere – Bruke HP Cloud Recovery-verktøyet i Windows 11 og 10 | HP® Brukerstøtte