cloning OS ssd to larger drive

[h-a-e]

hi - have just purchased the above laptop.  Currently has 128 GB M.2 ssd loaded with windows 10 plus a 500GB hdd.  At the moment other than the OS the drives are clean.  I want to swap the M.2 ssd for a larger (512GB) drive. but keep the 500 GB HDD for general strorage.  

First question - what is the spec for the M.2 ssd ?  So far i have worked out it is a M.2 2280 SATA ssd.   Will any 512GB M.2 2280 SATA ssd be ok ,? I have seen another spec which mentions TLC drive required (are all larger drives TLC ???)

Second question i need to clone the 128GB drive and transfer it to the 512GB drive.   My first thought was to buy an external m.2 enclosure for the 512GB drive and clone the 128GB drive to that.  After powering down replace the 128 drive with the 512 drive .  Question when i power up will the new drive be recognised and boot up the os from it ??   Is there an easier way like clonng to the 500GB hd then changing the boot order in bios so it boots from there , replacing the 128 drive with the 512 drive and cloning the 500gb hdd back to the 512 ssd and changing the boot order again.  

my ideas seem to be a bit overcomplicated !!

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[banhien]

@h-a-e 

Its specs

             https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c05826776

Probably your machine has dual storage at the last minute. Yes, you can use standard M.2 SATA SSD drives such as 

          https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/sata-ssd/ssd-860-evo-sata-3-m-2-2tb-mz-n6e2t0bw/

Yes, after the cloning process and swap 128GB to 512GB machine will boot from new drive, no need to change BIOS. I used to swap HDD/SSD drives at-least 10 times each year 100% successful rates.

Regards.