[SOLVED] Cloning m.2 with a single m.2 slot

[had10]

I want to upgrade my M.2 nvme. I only have one m.2 slot on my pc, and I don't have an adapter. Is it possible to clone the current M.2 to a SATA SSD then clone the SATA SSD to the new M.2? If so, I'd really appreciate any advice.

 

[USAFRet]

I want to upgrade my M.2 nvme. I only have one m.2 slot on my pc, and I don't have an adapter. Is it possible to clone the current M.2 to a SATA SSD then clone the SATA SSD to the new M.2? If so, I'd really appreciate any advice.

To start, give us the full specs of this system.
To include ALL drives and space consumed on them.

 

[had10]

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmnZjJ5IrszyegvonRLbLgbXuds?e=xgDOS1

 

[USAFRet]

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmnZjJ5IrszyegvonRLbLgbXuds?e=xgDOS1

Presumably Disk 4 is the current OS drive?

 

[had10]

M2
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/drasutis92/M2.png?width=450&height=278&crop=fill

Standard HDD
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/drasutis92/StandardHDD.png?width=450&height=278&crop=fill

1TB SSD
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/drasutis92/1TBSSD.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

256GB SSD (The one I want to use to do the clone)
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/drasutis92/256SSD.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

 

[had10]

Presumably Disk 4 is the current OS drive?

That's right, Disk 4 is the current M.2. Disk 3 (the 256GB SSD) is what I wanted to use to perform the clone. Sorry, it took me a minute to figure out how to link it all.

 

[USAFRet]

The OS is currently on an NVMe M.2 drive?
Your system only has a single M.2 port?

Macrium Reflect can do this.

Create a Macrium Rescue USB.
Run Macrium, create an Image off to whatever drive has sufficient space. This will result in a single file of <whatever>.mrimage
Power OFF
Swap the NVMe drives.
Boot from the Rescue USB you made earlier
Tell it where the Image is, and what drive to apply it to (the new NVMe drive)

 

[had10]

That's all there is to it? Are there any specific mistakes I need to avoid so I don't end up not being able to boot into anything?

 

[USAFRet]

That's all there is to it? Are there any specific mistakes I need to avoid so I don't end up not being able to boot into anything?

That should work. Yes, I've done exactly this.

The original drive is untouched.

In case of any weirdness or fault, swap drives back and you are at original working condition.

 

[USAFRet]

One gotcha may be the size of the resulting partitions on the new target drive.
You can manipulate that in Macrium, before you click the GO button.

"Cloned Partition Properties", and adjust as needed.