1. Use Macrium Reflect (free) to image your SK SSD and save the image file on your internal HDD. Include all partitions that Macrium sees on the SK SSD in the same image file. If necessary, increase Macrium's compression level to "Max". It takes a little longer that way but the image will use less space on your HDD. Also be sure to select the option to validate the image as soon as it's completed. And create the bootable USB stick [NAME] mentioned. 2. Change BIOS to AHCI by following these steps to re-configure Windows: 3. Confirm that everything is working properly with BIOS set to AHCI before going further 4. Create a second image of the SK SSD. Again, include all partitions Macrium sees on the SK SSD, increase compression, if necessary, and validate the image when it's complete. 5. Swap in the new SSD in place of the SK SSD 6. Plug Macrium USB into PC with power fully off. Power on and tap F12 to open the menu. Select option to boot from USB. After Macrium loads, move all partitions from your "AHCI image" onto the new SSD. You will have to reorder and resize the partitions when you move them onto the new SSD.  You only want to resize the C: partition so move it last. That way you can enlarge it to use all the remaining free space on the new SSD. 7. Disconnect Macrium USB and reboot PC. It should boot from the new SSD with a much larger C: partition for Windows and software.
Hello all, First time user. I would like to upgrade my NVMe SK hynix 256GB to a Samsung 1TB 980-Pro, the SK hynix came with my system in the M.2 slot on the MB. The SK is set to RAID but my data 1TB SATA HDD that also came with the system is not, so I assume switching the SK to AHCI is not a problem. I have read the procedure posted in this forum to do that. I have yet to receive my new Samsung NVMe in the mail. My Plan: 1. I have purchased a NVMe to PCIe adapter card, I plan on mounting my new NVMe to the adapter card and placing it into a PCIe slot and booting up. 2. Going to Disk management and initializing the new Samsung NVMe. 3. Using Samsung Magician to update the firmware on the new NVMe (if needed). 4. Use a clone software to clone the whole SK to the new Samsung NVMe, at the same time, also adjust the partition spacing because the new NVMe is much larger than the SK. 5. Powering down, remove the PCIe adapter card and the SK from the M.2 slot on the MB. 6. Place the new cloned Samsung 980-Pro NVMe into the M.2 slot and boot back up. Hopefully the PC will behave just like it did when the SK was in the M.2 slot, the SK has my "C" drive, OS, Program Files and drivers. My documents, music, picture and video libraries have been mapped over to my data drive. My question is this- Can I follow the procedure and convert the SK to AHCI while I'm waiting for my new NVMe to show up? Thank you for your help. [IMAGE][IMAGE]  
XPS 8930, NVMe SSD upgrade help