Swapping mSATA drive to a different mSATA for primary drive (C:)

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I have a Dell Precision M6700 with the Samsung SSD PM830 mSATA 256GB ATA Device as the primary (C) drive. Can I simply replace that drive and install the SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-MTE1T0BW 1TB mSATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) in its place?

Does anyone have experience or knowledge of this process and if there is anything else I need to know, change, configure, etc.? Will the new drive fit or will I need to make any modifications?

I have Acronis to copy the drives (Acronis say's the new drive has to be installed before copying it order for it to be recognized as a boot drive) I also know I have to adjust the partitions somehow through Acronis software.

Any help you can provide before I buy this drive (which is non-returnable) is greatly appreciated! :)
 
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As they're both mSATA, replacing your SSD PM830 mSATA 256GB with SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-MTE1T0BW 1TB mSATA is not a problem. Your new drive would fit with no physical modifications.
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Thank you both for your replies. I do have the connector, but I am using Acronis to copy as it is more reliable than Samsung's migration software. I have also read many posts that the Samsung software is very problematic. Thanks again for your responses.
 
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Yes, it worked. 256 was the max available at the time Dell specs were written. That is probably why they made that statement then.
 
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Thanks that helps alot.
 
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