[SOLVED] ASUS GL702VM m.2 and HDD upgrade

[mottnospam]

I've got an ASUS GL702VM with an original 128GB SATA M.2 (boot drive) and a 1TB S3 HDD. The 128GB is way too small and causing me all kinds of problems. As I have learned by opening up the case and confirming on the internet, the manual is incorrect and there are NOT 2 M.2 slots on the MB. I know I can replace the 1TB drive with a SSD, clone the 128GB drive to the new Sata III SSD and use that as the boot drive. I would optimally like to replace the M.2 drive with an NVME 1TB M.2 and just keep the HDD. Is there a strategy for the 2nd scenario without a clean install? It's not like I got Win10 disks with the purchase of the Asus ROG laptop. A third strategy could also be that I clone the 128MB Sata III M.2 over to a 1TB SDD, then clone it back to a 1 TB NVME M.2 and have 2 solid state drives, but the cost is much higher.

I would like to know how to do the 2nd scenario, and if the third is even possible (multiple clones). Currently my 1 TB drive has nothing much on it, and my 128 GB drive is nearly full with Win10 and WoW.

Thanks!

 

[captaincharisma]

well you can download the media creation tool from MS website that will load a copy of the windows 10 install disk on the laptop but the best thing would be to use a program like macrium reflect which you can download and usae for free and clone or create an image of the drive. partition

you should also find out what drive they put the recovery partition on