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DavidGarcia
Sep 11, 2025Iron Contributor
Replacing Primary Drive and Migrating to Windows 11
I have two planned tasks Install an M.2 and clone it from my current SSD to become the primary disk (both Samsung so use the Samsung Data Migration application) Migrate from Windows 10 to Windo...
asperity
Sep 24, 2025Iron Contributor
Upgrade to Windows 11 first, then clone to the new M.2. This path has the fewest potential complications and gives you the most straightforward rollback options if anything goes wrong.
The only exception would be if your current SSD is nearly full or performing poorly - then cloning to the new drive first might make sense.