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@ejn63​  Thankyou for the reply I had spent hours chatting to Crucials  help[ system and trying all sorts of suggestions out but nothing came of it I tried doing a back up to a usb drive and restore to the new drive installed which would get as far as 14% and fail. I am now going todo a new install onto the new drive when I get it which should solve any problems with cloning. I would also like to install a separate storage drive in the hard drive area probably another ssd 2.5 inch . Can you tell me if the connections are obvious on these  as I have 4 loose cables in this area. 1 orange 1blue 1 black connectore with 5 wires and a 2 wire black connector.  I probably can't get the black ones wrong but the blue and orange look identical connections. Any help you can give will be a great help

@Chino de Oro​ Apologies I couldn't find my own post I have marked them now

Review this video for instructions on how to remove the smaller NVMe SSD and installing the larger NVMe SSD, including moving the standoff screws to correct position and re-using the thermal pad.

For a clean Windows 11 installation, review this tutorial video.

For cloning, it will require the use of an external enclosure for M.2 SSD for direct cloning.  You can download Macrium Reflect free 64-bit version and installing it to your original boot drive.  Then you performing simple cloning by drag and drop all partitions from old drive to new drive.  Using the function to move right to move the partitions from the right of C drive, then select to fill space and C drive will be expanded to fill the gap of all free space.  Otherwise, use a USB drive for image backup, then restore it to the new SSD after upgrade.  To learn more about the cloning software, use tutorial self help to learn all features available.

For additional 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD, make sure that the machine already has the 2.5" drive bracket.  For SATA cable, use the blue cable first.

If you add a 2.5" SSD, have it plugged into a blue or black SATA port.  White SATA port is for the DVD drive.

@Chino de Oro​ Thanks I will let you know how it goes

Regards

Quezzers

It's far-fetched there was an equipment issue with the Urgent T500 drive, which is completely viable with the framework.

Almost certain it was the cloning system that either fizzled, or wasn't done accurately. Cloning is never a slam dunk - - you can utilize anything that NVMe drive you need, however anticipate expecting to do a full reinstall. On the off chance that you are cloning, did you make a point to:

Switch off secure boot and bitlocker prior to beginning,

Have Just the new drive mounted in the framework subsequent to cloning (you should eliminate the first drive from the framework before first boot)?

@Chino de Oro​ Hello I am awaitinh a new NVMe 500gb drive and will up the ram to 16gb. I also want to install 1 or 2 ssd 2.5 inch drives in the HD mount The blue plastic clip in caddy at the moment is obviousley deigned for a 3.5 inch drive. I know I can get a caddy to take 2x 2.5 inch drives But on investigating I found 2 connectors on the board marked SATA 0 and SATA 2 (sata 1 is the M.2 slot with the current NVMe drive in it)These have 1 cable connected to each and I assume are sata data cables and another cable that connects to the main board is near a label marked sata pwr.It appears to fit the larger connector on the 2,5 sdd that I have so I guess it's power. It also has a two wire connector that comes from the same plug. My problem is I appear to have 2 data cables but only 1 power connector So how do I get power to A second sata drive if I want to put 2 in the caddy? I amveery grateful for the help I have received so far and with any luck will get thisup and running with your kind help

Quezzers

@kamigee​  HI The original western Digital is a 128gb drive and on it was Windows 11 and I downloaded the Acronis cloning software from Crucial. There was an initial problem with it and the Crucial help desk sent me a patch to get it to work. The T500 was installed in a USB3 adapter ( Nothing was installed in the empty sata drive bays and there is only 1 socket for an NVME drive) I followed the instructions from the Crucial help desk for cloning and could not get it to work I  chatted to most of the staff on the help desk over several days but got nowhere so have sent it back for a refund. I am sure that one of the tings I had from the helpdesk was turning off secure boot. I will purchase closer to home from now on as it doesn't cost me over £12 to send it back to eastern Europe in the event of a problem