Dell laptop Latitude 5580, Win 10, w/ SK hynix SC 308 SATA 256 GB.
Single SSD slot.
Wish to clone to Samsung 980 Pro, 500 GB.
I realize this will go into a Gen 3 and not perform as Gen 4, that's fine.
I have the appropriate M.2 NVMe to USB enclosure - I hope.
The more I read, the more confused I am becoming. A couple of instruction say I MUST insert the new SSD into the machine as the target and the old SSD must be the source and cloned as an external drive through the USB. If not, the new SSD will not boot when placed into machine.
Other instructions say versa visa.: the old SSD remains in laptop as source and new SSD is the target attached via USB.
Is this a peculiarity of the cloning software or a universal truth? I would like to use cloning software that enables me to use new SSD as the external target connected to USB
and while I have your attention, the laptop was built in Nov. 2017. Can I assume the drivers and BIOS are compatible with NVMe and any other newer considerations?
TIA
Single SSD slot.
Wish to clone to Samsung 980 Pro, 500 GB.
I realize this will go into a Gen 3 and not perform as Gen 4, that's fine.
I have the appropriate M.2 NVMe to USB enclosure - I hope.
The more I read, the more confused I am becoming. A couple of instruction say I MUST insert the new SSD into the machine as the target and the old SSD must be the source and cloned as an external drive through the USB. If not, the new SSD will not boot when placed into machine.
Other instructions say versa visa.: the old SSD remains in laptop as source and new SSD is the target attached via USB.
Is this a peculiarity of the cloning software or a universal truth? I would like to use cloning software that enables me to use new SSD as the external target connected to USB
and while I have your attention, the laptop was built in Nov. 2017. Can I assume the drivers and BIOS are compatible with NVMe and any other newer considerations?
TIA