Clone to nmve SSD from a AHCI SSD. Issues?

[Avenged7Fold]

Evening guys, I am looking to upgrade my SSD to one of them new flashy nvme SSDs.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVPV256HDGL-00000)= £119.99
• 1 x Asus Hyper M.2 X4 PCI-E Mini Adapter Card - Black PCB= £19.99

Total: £148.68
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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Now i know that i will probably hit some speed bumps.

At the moment i am rocking a Z87 Gigabyte OC board which does not have native PCIe support for AHCI let alone the newer nvme so i am planning on grabbing the ASUS adapter for it.

I am wondering if i can just use Samsung migration software or Macrium Reflect to clone my current SSD to this new one. I am afraid that it might not recognise the destination drive or that i cant clone an AHCI SSD to a nvme one.

could anyone shed any light on the process?

Worst comes to worst i can always do a fresh install but that is a pain since my current install is a windows 8.1 upgrade from 7 and windows kicks up a fuss if i don't install win7 then upgrade to 8.1 (i also cant remember my old win7 version so following that process will likely waste my time).

 

[yashiro]

I'd do some research on whether you can boot from said drive in the PCI slot.
It's also likely that Windows 7 will need hacking to work in this way if you intend to boot from it.

 

[PsychoDuck]

I have just cloned from a Samsung EVO 250GB SSD to a Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M2 which is installed in the Asus Hyper PCI-e adapter using Samsung Migration software without any issues. Tried it first with Acronis and Windows System Image, both of which had problems for me.