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‎05-06-2024 11:34 AM

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Product: OMEN by HP 15-ax225tx Laptop PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

C drive is only 128G. I want to upgrade it to 512G, but I don’t know which SSD is suitable for my motherboard and how to migrate data to a new SSD.

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‎05-06-2024 05:21 PM

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I can only answer about the data transfer.

 

What you can NOT do is simply copy files and folders from one drive to another; instead, you have to MIGRATE the Windows installation from the first drive to the second -- and this will include ALL the files and folders on the drive.

 

The BEST way to do this is to CLONE the first drive to the second.  This requires that you have BOTH drives connected to a working PC -- but not necessarily the one you are trying to upgrade.

 

Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from this link:

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx


Connect both the old a new drives to the PC.


Then view this link showing how to use Macrium Reflect to clone a disk:


https://www.macrium.com/blog/cloning-a-disk-with-macrium-reflect-v8

 

Once that is done, put the new drive into the PC and it should boot without issue.



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