Hi, my previous laptop (Gigabyte Aero) with a 500GB SSD has died (no longer powers on - motherboard issue)
I'm purchasing a new laptop and wish to salvage the data from this older laptop's drive.
I'm concerned if I simply install the old laptop SSD (which already has windows and drivers on it etc.) as a secondary drive, I could run into some conflicting issues, and it would lead to it being formatted/losing all that data on the old drive before I can back it up.
I was wondering what was the proper step/process to ensure that I can safely transfer all the data from my older SSD to the new laptop?
I also have a spare blank 1TB SSD (WD Blue SN550) to play with too (as I was intending to add storage/backup my older laptop - RIP).
I note from a previous thread (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/transferring-m-2-to-new-laptop.3695205/) that I can't simply just stick in my old SSD into my new laptop as a primary (or secondary) drive and expect it to work. Is the best option simply to get an external adapter? Is there any alternative means?
If I had to get an adaptor any recommendations (I'm in Australia).
FYI my previous SSD: Samsung SM961 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (MZVKW512HMJP-00000) - 512GB (https://www.cnet.com/products/samsu...d-state-drive-500-gb-pci-express-3-0-x4-nvme/)
Thank you so much for taking your time to read and answer this. I appreciate your expertise, and apologise if this question has been asked before.
I'm purchasing a new laptop and wish to salvage the data from this older laptop's drive.
I'm concerned if I simply install the old laptop SSD (which already has windows and drivers on it etc.) as a secondary drive, I could run into some conflicting issues, and it would lead to it being formatted/losing all that data on the old drive before I can back it up.
I was wondering what was the proper step/process to ensure that I can safely transfer all the data from my older SSD to the new laptop?
I also have a spare blank 1TB SSD (WD Blue SN550) to play with too (as I was intending to add storage/backup my older laptop - RIP).
I note from a previous thread (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/transferring-m-2-to-new-laptop.3695205/) that I can't simply just stick in my old SSD into my new laptop as a primary (or secondary) drive and expect it to work. Is the best option simply to get an external adapter? Is there any alternative means?
If I had to get an adaptor any recommendations (I'm in Australia).
FYI my previous SSD: Samsung SM961 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 (MZVKW512HMJP-00000) - 512GB (https://www.cnet.com/products/samsu...d-state-drive-500-gb-pci-express-3-0-x4-nvme/)
Thank you so much for taking your time to read and answer this. I appreciate your expertise, and apologise if this question has been asked before.