How to clone/restore to a replacement SSD
Hi
I'm confused, but that's nothing unusual. I've got a Dell Inspiron and going to upgrade the storage from 224 GB to 1TB. I'm replacing with the same storage type "Dell M.2 PCIe NVME Gen 3x4 Class 35 2230 Solid State Drive". Intention is to create a bootable system USB, remove the current 224 GB SSD and fit the new blank 1TB SSD and then restore, or clone, or whatever I need to do.
I've read the instruction manual and loads on the AOMEI website, but just can't get my head around what to do.
So, two questions . . . I think:
1) What do I do to create a system (including applications, data, etc) backed up and bootable USB?
2) What to then restore, or clone, or whatever I need to do on the new 1TB SSD using the USB?
Thanks in anticipation
Daffy
Comments
https://www.ubackup.com/help/create-bootable-disk.html
Add custom drivers, such as NVMe, if necessary. Does not work on some Monitors.
Partition Assistant WinPE USB:
https://www.diskpart.com/help/make-bootable-cd-wizard.html
Add custom drivers, such as NVMe, if necessary.
Aomei (Win)PE Builder USB:
https://www.ubackup.com/pe-builder.html
Best for PCs before 2020, includes Partition Assistant, Backupper, Recuva, 7zip, OSF Mount, CPU
https://www.ubackup.com/changelog.html
Keeps license activated when updating Pro version
https://www.aomeitech.com/docs/AOMEI_Backupper_UserManual.pdf
Backupper Guide
https://www.ubackup.com/help/
Partition Assistant Manual
https://www.diskpart.com/download/UserManual.pdf
Partition Assistant General Help Topics
https://www.diskpart.com/manual.html
You might need to save the backup image file to an external drive.
As for creating winpe bootable media, please refer to here: https://www.ubackup.com/help/create-bootable-disk.html
Then, you can connect the new disk, and boot computer from WinPE to do the restore.