I would use the Samsung DM, however, it doesn't copy the Dell recovery partition.
Hello, I am a senior and having a little challenge understanding how to replace my existing Samsung 256GB M2 inside the Dell XPS8900 with a larger Samsung 860 EVO M2 with 500GB. I own Acronis True Image which has a cloning feature. I have purchased a USB M2 Adapter which arrives next week. This is where I get confused: (1) Acronis manual says to perform the cloning process with the new larger drive in the computer and the smaller source drive in the adapter so the clone will make the new drive bootable. This means booting from an Acronis Recovery Drive (in my case a USB) which I'd prefer not to do but if I have to, so be it. (2) Can I not leave the original SSD in the computer and without using a recovery disk use the Acronis clone feature to perform the clone from the 256GB drive to the 500GB drive? If the cloning process works, won't it transfer all files over such that the clone is bootable without having to perform the switch in drives prior to cloning as in (1) above? (3) Would it be easier to do a full system backup on Acronis (which I do three times a week anyway onto an 8TB WD MyBook) and then using the USB Recovery Drive restore the C Drive from the WD MyBook onto the new Samsung 500GB drive? Thanks in advance for assistance provided. Bruce
XPS 8900, clone M2 SSD to new larger M2 SSD