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‎12-26-2023 06:11 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop PC TG01-2000i
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

I recently got a new 1 tb ssd that I want to swap for my current 500 gb ssd but my pc only has one slot and I have no hdd or external hdd. How should I do it?

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‎12-26-2023 06:18 AM

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Hi:

 

If you are referring to cloning a NVMe SSD, and your PC does not have two NVMe SSD slots, you can purchase a USB3/USB-C NVMe adapter to install the new SSD in so you can clone it.

 

Something like this...

 

Amazon.com: ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVMe PCI-E M.2 SSD Case Support...

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‎12-26-2023 06:39 AM

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Is it necessary to clone the ssd?

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‎12-26-2023 07:26 AM

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That's up to you. 

 

I never do.

 

I prefer to clean install Windows on the new drive and reinstall my programs and files. 

 

It only takes me about an hour or so to reinstall everything the way I want it. 

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‎12-26-2023 07:29 AM

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What would I risk losing and can you recommend a guide for that process?

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‎12-26-2023 07:40 AM

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I recommend that you use the HP Cloud Recovery tool to install Windows 

 

Here's an info link for how to use the utility. 

 

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_4511095-4511141-16

 

 

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