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Just found that there is an article (11/2023) on Tom‘s Hardware on the topic of SSD enclosures: https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-ssd-and-hard-drive-enclosures

Thanks again. Do you have any recommendations on how to best rescue the data on the old SSD (which is still in the broken laptop). Is there a particular usb adapter you would recommend? It is a Toshiba 512GB PCI Express SSD (THNSN5512GPU7) NVM Gen 3 4 lanes from 2016.

USAFRet: Good point. I should probably buy an external adapter and first try to rescue the data from the SSD. You are concerned that the process of moving the SSD from the old laptop to the new one could damage the SSD physically (i.e. by touching vulnerable structures; the SSD does not have any...

Dear Aeacus: Many thank for your explanations. I have also no other idea anymore than that the MoB could be broken. Good to hear that Win10 is behaving in that way. If I find an „identical“ one, I will give it a try …

Bill001g: That‘s interesting. Sounds as if it might be worth giving it a try at least. I agree that choosing one with identical hardware might be crucial to avoid driver problems. Thank you very much for your assessment!

Dear Aeacus, many thanks for the prompt reply and your advice! Do you think Windows would start at least and require entering a license key within 7 days or so (in that case, I could do at least some urgent, last analyses using the installed software)? Or would it likely not start at all...

Hi guys, short question: My XPS15 9550 broke yesterday. If I bought a used one with the same specifications (CPU, GPU etc.) and replaced its main SSD by the SSD from the broken laptop, would I be able to continue working in my usual environment (same operating system, same software) without any...