Just looking on upgrading my ssd from a 200gb one to a 2tb m.2

[foggy crane]

Anyone got a video that clearly shows how, my os also needs transferring.

[shy hornet]

Transferring the OS is always kind of a pain. There are some tools that allow you to do it but I'd strongly urge you to do a fresh install unless you're willing to buy a paid version of the software tools to move an OS

It's been a few years since I've done it

So it's possible there is a free/open source package that allows you to do this

But you would need to research

M.2 slot should just be a small slot that fits the connector.

Just...plug it in

This is what I used when I was managing a corporate environment for imaging SSDs from HDDs

https://www.acronis.com/en-us/products/true-image/features/data-migration/

[foggy crane]

How would I just transfer my non-operating system data if I did this

[foggy crane]

Knew physically how to do it, just thinking how to do it without needing a fresh windows key yk

[foggy crane]

Would this work? Just put it in the computer instead of the adapter? https://youtu.be/egNMtC3vwN0?si=HGZST1fz4BuTtqJR

[shy hornet]

You don't need to. They will just work as long as you are using an operating system that is compatible with whatever file system you are using on those drives

Yea, you could use a tool like acronis to image the boot drive with the boot record and clone it to a secondary drive. Essentially making a bootable drive with the OS copied to it

[foggy crane]

So there isn’t any cons to this?

[shy hornet]

There was a catch with using the free version of acronis at the time but generally no

[foggy crane]

Wdym, I would need my files on the new drive aswell?

Just looking at my options

[shy hornet]

You don't need to do anything with the secondary drive. As long as you are staying with the same OS type

Like if you were going from windows to Ubuntu, that would be a concern

But since you're cloning your current OS drive, it shouldn't matter

You would just plug a secondary drive using an m.2 adapter. Fire up acronis, use their instructions for cloning an OS drive, and then just unplug the old drive and plug in the new m.2 drive

Do not boot your computer with both drives, new and old, plugged in at the same time

Weird shit happens

And windows has historically not liked that.

That's the only thing to be careful of

It can cause weird corruption issues

[foggy crane]

I wouldn’t need an apdatpter right? Got a free m.2 slot on my mb so should just be able to use that and unplug my other ssd before boot?

[shy hornet]

There aren't really any other options other than

• clone existing os drive
• new drive and new os

[foggy crane]

Old ssd*

[shy hornet]

Yea, that might work. You may run into issues with boot order but it should be pretty easy to fix

[foggy crane]

Just in bios surely?

[shy hornet]

Yea, it should be pretty easy to figure out if you run into it

I say you just send it

[foggy crane]

Aight

[shy hornet]

Worst case you have to plug in the old drive

[foggy crane]

Yeah, it shouldn’t corrupt anything on that one right?

[shy hornet]

This is also coming from someone who has been procrastinating doing this very thing on his 128gb PC with 10tb of other ssds

No

It's just making an image of it

So if anything, you're backing it up in a weird way

[foggy crane]

Also, how would I wipe that after I check it’s all done properly

[shy hornet]

Are you planning to use it for anything else?

[foggy crane]

I currently have a 200gb ssd (not m.2) and a full 2tb hdd so thought I would upgrade my ssd to a 2tb m.2

[shy hornet]

Depends how thorough you want to be but a format would be fine

[foggy crane]

Not sure yet, would be good to keep as a spare ig

[shy hornet]

You'd likely be fine to plug it in once it's booted.

[foggy crane]

Without shutting my pc down?

D:

[shy hornet]

Either way you're probably fine

I had a weird incident happen only once

And I don't know exactly what caused it

But I've done it plenty of times

Booting with that drive in there

You just need to make sure you're booting from the right drive

And do what you need to do quickly and not leave it in there for longer than you need to format it

[foggy crane]

Do I just reformat it to the same format?

[shy hornet]

Yea, or just save it until you have a use for it and know what format you need

Ext4/NTFS/FAT32

If you know you're going to use it in windows then NTFS

Or honestly if you could do their new dev drive filesystem. It's so much faster than NTFS lol

That's a win11 thing though

[foggy crane]

I know what you’re talking bout!

Lmao

[foggy crane]

Is there any realistic cons of windows 11 anymore?

[shy hornet]

Idk. Windows is a huge pain in the ass and I have to deal with it for my job so I'm going to be biased

There aren't any real issues with anything after win10 for most consumer uses

[foggy crane]

I was planning on upgrading a couple weeks ago, didn’t have the storage space lmao

No reason why, just was pissed of the constant upgrade messages

Well ima start it soon, I’ll lyk how it goes

Ty for the help

[shy hornet]

Ay. It's alright. I used to learn by breaking the family computer and having to fix it before anyone noticed

So if you have an issue just Google it first and then ask me again if you're not sure

[foggy crane]

this one isnt free anymore, looking for an alternative

[foggy crane]

Hm

Is it fine to install a ssd without standoffs

Lmao

[shy hornet]

Yea

[foggy crane]

wait rly?

thast not what google told me

[tepid sorrel]

Clonedisk

free and easy to use

[foggy crane]

@shy hornet @tepid sorrel just tried changing my boot drive and the new m.2 isn’t an option?

[shy hornet]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.softwaretestinghelp.com/mbr-vs-gpt/amp/

[dense locust]

Check out clonezilla

[tepid sorrel]

@foggy crane you just upgraded ssd or whole pc?

if whole pc you need to reinstall

[foggy crane]

Ssd

Came up eventually tho

After a couple reboots, dunno why but it’s working now