SSHD cloning using an external USB drive

[lordpassat]

Hi,

I am looking to replace my 1 TB SSHD with a 2 TB SSHD within my notebook. I can only attach 1 SSHD at the same time so having both connected is not an option and I don't have a USB dock either.

However, I have an external 2 TB USB HDD (that is not a dock and I can't open it up) that I can use to stored the cloned copy and transfer it from that to the final, new 2 TB SSHD.

Is my below idea a viable option or is it not going to work?

- I can clone my old SSHD (single partition with Win 10) to the extrenal USB HDD.
- Then I can replace the old SHDD with the new 2 TB SSHD within the notebook.
- At this stage the cloned copy will be on the USB drive. Can an Acer Nitro 15 boot up from a USB drive and is the cloned copy Macrium Reflect creates bootable?
- If yes, then I could boot up from the USB drive and then clone that onto the new 2 TB SSHD that's inside the notebook.

Is that going to work?

Any help and suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

 

[USAFRet]

No, that won't work.

What WILL work is a drive image, not an actual clone.

1. Install Macrium Reflect
2. Create a Rescue CD or USB with that.
3. Run Macrium, and create an Image of your current drive off to that external
4. Swap the physical drives in the laptop
5. Boot up from your Macrium Rescue CD or USB you created earlier
6. Go to Recovery, and tell it where the Image is, and which drive (the new one) to apply it to.

This should work.

 

[lordpassat]

Thank you so much for your prompt response. I will do all this tomorrow and revert back. Thanks!

 

[lordpassat]

No, that won't work.

What WILL work is a drive image, not an actual clone.

1. Install Macrium Reflect
2. Create a Rescue CD or USB with that.
3. Run Macrium, and create an Image of your current drive off to that external
4. Swap the physical drives in the laptop
5. Boot up from your Macrium Rescue CD or USB you created earlier
6. Go to Recovery, and tell it where the Image is, and which drive (the new one) to apply it to.

This should work.

This worked perfectly! Thank you very much for your assistance once again.