nvm

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nvm just did a fresh install

[[☥] - CJ -]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MYU0EAU
I used that

But there should be a version that does NVME
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You could just do a new install on the new drive (which i recommend doing anyway) then connect the old SSD and transfer what you want to it.

Connect the old SSD only AFTER the OS is installed AND Set up to the NVME to avoid potential boot issues once you remove the old SSD.

After everything is moved over you could format the old SSD and use it for additional storage if needed.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Is it a Desktop or Laptop?
What is the old SSD using; SATA port?

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Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bad 💀 Motha:

Is it a Desktop or Laptop?
What is the old SSD using; SATA port?

Desktop. Older sata yeah.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Just because you could doesn`t always mean you should.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

All you need is cloning software for either SSD brand maker. They should offer it free on their support site.

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

 $ sudo dd if='/dev/sdX' of='/dev/sdY bs=64k' 

X and Y being the respective letters for input (to be cloned) and output (new) devices.

Should be quick and painless to do.

Obvious note: If you miss the letters, you'll end up writing over your current main drive.

[Blaagh]

last time I used macrium reflect.. made a usb boot/recovery drive

that can clone any disk / partition

[PopinFRESH]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Heitor Villa-Lobos:

 $ sudo dd if='/dev/sdX' of='/dev/sdY bs=64k' 

X and Y being the respective letters for input (to be cloned) and output (new) devices.

Should be quick and painless to do.

Obvious note: If you miss the letters, you'll end up writing over your current main drive.

This likely isn't going to work. DD is just going to do a block level copy of the entire disk. They are likely trying to clone from an old SATA SSD using mbr / BIOS boot and cloning that to an NVMe SSD. They will need to be using GPT / UEFI boot for the NVMe drive. If their original OS installation wasn't installed for UEFI boot then simply doing a block level clone is going to result in a non-bootable system.

Some of the better system cloning software, such as Acronis or Macrium ReDeploy (part of the paid Reflect noted above), have the features to rebuild the windows boot system from a BIOS boot method to a UEFI boot method, and to dynamically convert the partition table from an MBR based table on a source disk to GPT on a destination disk.

Another alternative for the OP is to get an external disk and use a decent backup software to backup user applications and files, then perform a clean OS install on the new NVMe SSD and restore your applications and files from your backup. Most Western Digital external disks come with a WD licensed version of Acronis backup software which works well for backing up user files. In this specific scenario you're not reinstalling the OS onto the same disk so you'll also still have the original SATA SSD which you can reconnect to the system after doing the new OS install on the NVMe drive incase you happen to be missing something which wasn't backed up.