upgrade ssd m.2 sata to ssd m.2 nvme on my laptop

edenbensal · Dec 14, 2018

i’ve asus laptop fx503vm (i7 7700hq) with 128gb ssd m.2 sata drive + 1tb hdd
i’m going to buy larger drive - 500gb crucial ssd m.2 nvme instead of the 128gb

in my laptop there’s one m.2 slot

i need to clone the 128gb to the 500gb - how i can to that with only one m.2 slot?

i thought about cloning from 128gb to 1tb hdd and then from the 1tb hdd to the 500. what do you think about that? maybe there’s an adapter from m.2 nvme to usb (not something expensive)?

SkyNetRising · Dec 14, 2018

edenbensal :

Yes. That's how you do it, if only single M.2 slot is available.

USAFRet · Dec 14, 2018

Not "clone", but rather an Image.

Try this:
Assuming you have another drive with sufficient free space to hold the entirety of your current m.2 drive:

1. Download and install Macrium Reflect
2. Run that, and create a Rescue CD or USB (you'll use this later). "Other Tasks"
3. In the Macrium client, create an Image to some other drive. External USB HDD, maybe. Select all partitions. This results in a file of xxxx.mrimage
4. When done, power OFF.
5. Swap the 2 drives
6. Boot up from the Rescue USB you created earlier.
7. Recover, and tell it where the Image is that you created in step 3, and which drive to apply it to...the new m.2
8. Go, and wait until it finishes.
9. That's all...this should work.

edenbensal · Dec 15, 2018

USAFRet :

Not "clone", but rather an Image.

Try this:
Assuming you have another drive with sufficient free space to hold the entirety of your current m.2 drive:

1. Download and install Macrium Reflect
2. Run that, and create a Rescue CD or USB (you'll use this later). "Other Tasks"
3. In the Macrium client, create an Image to some other drive. External USB HDD, maybe. Select all partitions. This results in a file of xxxx.mrimage
4. When done, power OFF.
5. Swap the 2 drives
6. Boot up from the Rescue USB you created earlier.
7. Recover, and tell it where the Image is that you created in step 3, and which drive to apply it to...the new m.2
8. Go, and wait until it finishes.
9. That's all...this should work.

that sound great idea! i'll try it. thanks a lot :bounce:

GrumbleGamer · Aug 10, 2019

PPF said:
USAFRet :

Not "clone", but rather an Image.

Try this:
Assuming you have another drive with sufficient free space to hold the entirety of your current m.2 drive:

Download and install Macrium Reflect

Run that, and create a Rescue CD or USB (you'll use this later). "Other Tasks"

In the Macrium client, create an Image to some other drive. External USB HDD, maybe. Select all partitions. This results in a file of xxxx.mrimage

When done, power OFF.

Swap the 2 drives

Boot up from the Rescue USB you created earlier.

Recover, and tell it where the Image is that you created in step 3, and which drive to apply it to...the new m.2

Go, and wait until it finishes.

That's all...this should work.

that sound great idea! i'll try it. thanks a lot

Considering trying this myself but a bit worried. My local shop is quoting me 200$ for them to do it which is WAY too much. I'm upgrading mine 256gb to 1tb, did it end up working for you?

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