Replacing an SSD, what should I consider?
My 500GB Kingston NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD is running low on storage. I want to upgrade it, but since it seems to contain all of my data, I don't know how to transfer it. Is there any way to do this without losing any files?
Get a new SSD, size of your choice and build it. Create a new simple volume in data carrier management.
After that you get a Clone program (there is enough choice, Mini Tool shadow maker I usually use).
Then drive the old SSD to the new Clonen, PC down, expand old SSD, build new into the slot of the old one, start PC, finished.
Do you have a 2tb stick, you could make it so that I first copy all the files from the old to the stick with the program, then expand the old one, insert the new one and copy it back from the stick??
That would only work conditionally. For example, you can’t just copy it back and forth, it won’t start.
Apart from that, this procedure would be much more complicated than simply cloning the hard drive and it can also be assumed that everything works smoothly.
Programs, games etc you would have to adjust, correct, etc. Windows would definitely have to reinstall.
Would just clone, finished
Well, it doesn’t just look bad, it doesn’t have what I want, so it doesn’t matter. But when upgrading motherboard I need new RAM, CPU, housing and new power supply. That is why it will continue until then because I would like to use my new system for many years.
New motherboard? Dissatisfied with the present or upgraded?
It’s easy. Where a new installation is sometimes not wrong, then you have a nice clean fresh system
I’ll wait until I get my new mainboard, then I can do it like you said. I will then use my old as an additional ssd, thank you
That makes it a little more difficult… There are housings that could be used as an external SSD. If you’re still an investment, you can do the cloning.
Or then your method with the 2TB stick. You’d have to get your important data on it. I don’t know, documents, photos, etc. Then you can install the new SSD, but you should just reinstall Windows, as well as all your programs, games etc. You won’t come around without cloning
Well, I just have a nvme slot or how else should I do it? Have a b450m-a per max motherboard
for old ssd external housing buy (https://www.amazon.de/gp/search?ie=UTF8 adapter external usb”>hier) to then transfer the data to the new ssd.
(you can also use the old ssd (or any other ssd ́s) as an “external hard disk”)
So I would secure the files of the old to external record. Then use the old as a system partition (i.e. only operating system) and the new then for games applications etc.
I’d just take them out, install a bigger one and install an operating system of your choice. For the old one you can buy an external housing that can be connected via USB. This allows you to copy back all the data you need.
And you have a very fast USB stick. xD