Transferring Windows 10 to another ssd

Badger1970 · 1 Jul 2021 at 16:06

Hi

My current 500gb ssd is almost full so I want to get a 1 TB SSD and tranfer all my files over to it.

I'm looking at the Samsung 970Evo plus which i believe comes with it's own migration software.

Would this be the best way to move my OS? I'm happy to buy any decent software to make work easily.

Thanks
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James82 · 1 Jul 2021 at 16:08

Macrium Reflect. The free one will do.

Badger1970 · 1 Jul 2021 at 16:38

Thanks, just realised I've just got one M2 socket....doh.

Armageus · 1 Jul 2021 at 16:43

Badger1970 said:
Thanks, just realised I've just got one M2 socket....doh.

That's fine - there are two options

1. Buy a USB NVME caddy, then use that to plug in the 2nd M2 and clone directly in Macrium

or

2.
- Create a backup image in Macrium, and store in on another drive (e.g. SATA or USB Hard drive)
- Create a bootable Macrium USB stick
- Shutdown, swap the M2 over
- Boot from the USB stick
- Restore the image from the hard drive to the new M2 drive