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    NVME M.2 PCIE SSD UPGRADE

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by waddah, Sep 30, 2017.

  1. waddah

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    HI GUYS
    i have a lenovo ideapad 700, the storage is 128GB PCIE NVME + 1TB HDD, the windows is installed in the 128gb nvme , i want to upgrade the 128gb pcie nvme to 512gb nvnme , how can i do that safely without harming my window , i mean how to clone/migrate my windows to the new one
    sorry for my poor english
     
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    Falkentyne Notebook Prophet

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    Since the bigger drive is larger than the smaller one, you can just use Macrium Reflect and clone it. Can both drives fit in the laptop at the same time?
    If you only have one M.2 slot then it gets harder. You would need a USB to M.2 adapter and use the second rive as a USB Drive and clone it like that.
     
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    i can really recommend acronis true image for that kinda stuff :) clones system partitions 1:1, so in the end its just a swap-out. old drive out, new drive in, done! youll just need to figure out a way to connect the new drive to your laptop (external case maybe) to do the cloning procedure...
     
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    U mean I can clone the windows to HDD first , then reclon
     
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    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What you can do is:
    1. Make an image with macrium reflect
    2. Move it to the 1TB HDD
    3. Create a recovery disc in macrium reflect
    4. Swap the NVMe SSDs
    5. Boot with the recovery disc
    6. Install the image
    The recovery disc should be able to see all drives plugged in so you can point it to where your image files are located.
     
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    Thank u sir , u mean I can clone windows to the HDD first then put the new nvme then again clone it from the HDD ??
     
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    Thank u boss
     
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    Thank u sir
     
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    No problem. Remember, the recovery disc has to be configured to match the OS you're installing. So if the OS is windows 10 then you must make sure that it is set to Windows 10.

    Last I checked the recovery disc has a GUI so you don't have to know specific commands or anything special. It's practically a step-by-step wizard.

    Sent from my SM-T560NU using Tapatalk
     
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