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#309323 8-Oct-2023 22:07
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I would have used Easus in the past but I haven't done this in at least 8 years so I haven't kept up to date on the best tools to do this I am wondering if there is any simple ish tools out there to do this nowadays. It's a 500gig nvme drive and I'm replacing it with a 1TB nvme drive so my normal thought is boot off usb flash then use a tool to clone to an external USB hdd then swap nvme and boot off usb drive and clone image back to new internal drive.

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  #3144393 8-Oct-2023 22:28
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macrium free

 

ONE CLICK

 

if you have a NVME enclosure, or better still, and free mobo m.2 slot - 60s later - done. swap the drives and boot away.




  #3144404 9-Oct-2023 07:53
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I would just use the native tools in windows ‘dism’ admittedly there will be more intuitive tools. I.e as mentioned above, but there’s no learning (or fun) in one click.

It’s been a while since I did this:


https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/capture-and-apply-windows-using-a-single-wim?view=windows-11

Format you new drive to be bootable
Capture a wim file of your old drive to your new drive
Apply the wim file from your new drive to your new drive. (Applying the wim file isn’t destructive.)




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