Adding ssd from old laptop to new laptop

[wdoctor12345]

Hi, recently my old laptop broke so I salvaged my 256gb m.2 ssd from it. I got new laptop yet to be turned on.

This laptop has less memory (126gb) than my old ssd so im thinking about replacing it.

However my old ssd has the os + every file from my old laptop.

I did some researching and I learnt that there are licencing issues with windows. So how am I supposed to upgrade my new laptop's ssd with my old laptop's ssd and still keep my files and data?


Thank you

 

[xxfuqqyocouch]

Use a cloning software to clone the data on your old SSD to the new one. You will need an external drive housing.

Once you do that plug in your new drive and power up, there should be no licensing issues.

 

[wdoctor12345]

Xxfuqqyocouch do you mean clone data from new one to my old one? Also what external housing do i need?

 

[wdoctor12345]

Does thay mean I can clone to my hdd and then take out the new ssd with lower memory, install old one with more memory with os and then jist clone from hdd? But how will it boot?

 

[USAFRet]

No, it does not work like this.

There are two considerations when talking about the OS on a particular drive and system, and then moving that to a new system.

Licensing and Operation.

Licensing:
A laptop almost certainly comes with an OEM license. As such, it will not transfer to different hardware.
There are some exceptions to this, but we'd need to know ALL the particulars.

Operation:
Moving a drive from one system to another is unlikely to actually boot up or work fully.
If the two laptops are absolutely identical, then probably yes it would work.
Otherwise, almost certainly not.

Cloning does not change this.


To keep your 'files and data', what you would normally do is to obtain a USB dock that accepts a 2.5" SATA drive.
However, I am unaware of any m.2 docking stations to pug that drive into.


This is specifically what backups are for.

 

[ArtPog]

Actually xxfuq... has it pretty much right PROVIDED you desire your 256 GB M.2 SSD to be the replacement boot drive in your new laptop. And that's what you want, isn't it?

Forget about the data currently on the M.2 SSD. All you would really have to do is clone the contents of the new laptop's drive to the M.2 SSD. We're assuming, of course, that your new laptop is compatible with the M.2 SSD in your possession and you will correctly install that device in the new laptop. We're also assuming that the new laptop's 128 GB boot SSD functions without problems, right?

The problem here (at least I have an uneasy feeling that it may be a problem) is that you will need one of two pieces of equipment...either a USB external enclosure that will accommodate a 2.5" drive, such as a SSD, or a SATA-To-USB adapter cable.

Do you have one of those devices? If you do, we'll try to walk you through the operation.

(But you've got to promise to STOP referring to the "memory" of a SSD (or HDD). SSDs & HDDs do NOT contain "memory", they contain "disk-space". So your 128 GB SSD contains disk-space of 128 GB, NOT 128 GB of "memory". Your RAM modules contain "memory".)

Capiche?