problem with direct key creator

Question

I have a 3070sff running windows 11 from a 128gb nvme drive in the sigle m2 slot I want to replace that drive with a 500gb nvme and originally was going to clone the 128gb to the new 500gb using a usb adapter with the new drive in it. This did not work. It seems that the 128gb drive has a sector size of512 and the 500gb drive is 4K and I can not find a way to get round this. So I thought I would inmstall the new dr5ive and create a usb boot disc from the dell site to reinstall the OS  Win11 on to the new drive I have got as far as installing direct key creator on my old DellT3500 but when I attempt to open I get a 'debugger is running on your system you need to remove it from memory and start your program again' Having followed all the instructions I could find to do this I was unable to find any sign that debugger was there at all. Even the registry entry I looked for isn't there.. My question is this is there a simple way I can get my T3500 to stop this none existent error or is there a simpler way of getting my win 11 OS onto the new nvme drive? Regards Quezzers

redxps630 · Answer

Re: from a 128gb nvme drive in the sigle m2 slot I want to replace that drive with a 500gb nvme and was going to clone the 128gb to the new 500gb

there is a simple way to clone the 128 gb nvme to the bigger 500 gb nvme, you do not need a usb adapter. but you will need an external USB hard disk and a small usb flash drive.

create a system image of the 128 on the external HDD, then uninstall the 128, install the new 500, boot up pc using a recovery USB flash drive, restore the image from the external HDD to the new 512 ssd.

https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/optiplex-desktops/how-to-clone-ssd-to-another-ssd-without-third-party-tool/652b338043dbba53b173f0b7?keyword=clone

save yourself headache on the Dell website using the key gen

redxps630 · Answer

OP had RAID setup in 3070 SFF. Need to change to AHCI. Save changes in bios. Apply safe boot tricks. Then boot from 128, create system image, deploy on new 500.

Run cmd as administrator
Copy-paste this command, which will start Windows in Safe Mode the next time you reboot:
```
bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
```
Restart the computer and enter UEFI/BIOS setup.
Change the SATA operation mode from RAID to AHCI.
Save changes and exit Setup and Windows will automatically boot to Safe Mode.
Launch cmd again, as in step #1.
Copy-paste this command, which will start Windows in Normal Mode the next time you reboot:
```
bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
```
Reboot and Windows will automatically start with AHCI drivers enabled.

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