Clone SSD to replace factory SSD in 15-bs0xx laptop

[RealGomer]

My 15-bs0xx laptop came with a 128GB drive, a SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006. I'd like to replace it with a larger drive, preferably a 512GB SSD. I looked at the service manual and it fairly straight forward. so the question is how does one move the data from one M.2 SSD to another when does not have a M.2 compatible desktop.

Thank you.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@RealGomer 

As mentioned on your subject, cloning is the way to go. I normally do (applicable for M.2 SSD's and 2.5" SSD.

(a) Put new SSD to an USB adapter (*)

(b) Use software to clone (**)

(c) Remove old SSD and install new SDD

(*) For M.2, there are few of them, some only support SATA, some only support NVMe and some support both. The following one supports both

           https://cplonline.com.au/simplecom-sa221-2-5-m-2-msata-ssd-to-usb3-0-adapter.html

(**) I use a  paid product but for you, please try a free product from (I tested all 6, any should work):

          https://www.techradar.com/au/best/best-disk-cloning-software

Final note: SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 is NVMe drive

Regards.

[RealGomer]

I already have the pro version of Aomei Backupper, and a 16TB NAS (RAID 5) so I think I can clone the existing drive. Thanks for your help!