Upgrade SSD to larger SSD

[dyslexicdevil]

if I purchase a laptop with a 128GB SSD and a 1TB HDD with Windows 10 pre installed. How can I safely swap the 128GB SSD with a larger SSD without loss of the OS

 

[thehutti]

Yes you can copy the data from the 128GB SSD to the larger one and then increase the partition. There are a lot of programms that do exactly that. After the transfer you can start from the larger disk no problem. (look for a SSD Migration Software)

 

[dyslexicdevil]

Sorry, should have explained more. current ssd would be M.2 so the larger ssd can not be installed before old smaller one is removed.

 

[thehutti]

Then plug in the new SSD and make a fresh install of Win10 (if that is the OS). The system should be already registered as a valid copy of windows and it reactivates online. Microsoft identifies the mashine by mainboard+cpu so no problem there. You would have to reinstall all drivers of course and the programs that came with it. No idea if that is completely possible as maybe some of the progs are not free.

In the steps where you should write the serial number just klick the "do that later button".

 

[SkyNetRising]

[quotemsg=18915273,0,2368747]Sorry, should have explained more. current ssd would be M.2 so the larger ssd can not be installed before old smaller one is removed.[/quotemsg]
You can do 2-step cloning:
1. clone SSD to HDD;
2. replace SSD and clone back hdd to new SSD.

 

[13thmonkey]

This kind of thing would make it 1 step, and you could reuse your 128GB.

Sorry meant to post a link to a USB to M.2 device