Clone M2 Drive or?

Question

I have a Lattitude 3500 and it has a M2 drive and is pre-loaded with Windows 10 pro.

I wish to upgrade the SSD to a 1TB M2.

This is a Gift.

I would like to ideally have it so when the 1tb drive is booted up, it runs the windows installer and they can get it up.

If I put in a blank 1tb they will need to install windows. Is there a way the windows installer can be loaded on the 1tb SSD or can I sector by sector clone them? I guess this will not met up Secure Boot as Windows is not installed yet.

I would want them to turn it on like it is currently, and go through the Windows set up, I do not want to install Windows for them or make them manually install Windows.

I could not ordered it with a 1TB due to a global shortage.

ejn63 · Answer

You either need a USB NVMe adapter to hold one of the drives while you image directly, or you need an external drive with enough capacity to hold an image of the current internal drive. You can use any number of software packages to do the imaging - the free version of Macrium Reflect is easy to use, reliable and will do the job.

kristaylor34 · Answer

Ok and what about the drive I use, will I need to slipstream special drivers for it in as it is a different brand?

ejn63 · Answer

Probably not. Macrium Reflect is pretty good at creating system-specific recovery media. If you're imaging a default Dell installation, the drive will be in IRST/RAID ON mode -- meaning it uses the Intel drivers -- not a manufacturer-specific driver.

kristaylor34 · Answer

OK, I cloned the M2 to a USB and then from USB to my new M2 drive but it wont boot.  It defaults into the HTTP booter.  Is there something special I need to do to get it to boot as normal.

kristaylor34 · Answer

When I press F12 and point it to the WD drive, I get a Windows Error.  0x000000e

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