How To Clone NVMe SSD to Larger NVMe SSD : HP Omen Laptop Example

[@garysevin8126]

Why not just clone the existing NVMe drive to the already installed HDD storage drive, shut down the computer, install the new larger NVMe drive, then boot from the HDD storage drive (which now has the original OS on it with Macrium already installed) and then clone this HDD to the new NVMe drive?

[@hometechadventure4462]

This will work as well with Macrium, but Macrium would need to adjust the system to work with the HDD instead of an SSD, and then re-align the system to work with an SSD again for the second clone. I think this would result in more chances for errors than with the disk image option.

[@garysevin8126]

@Home Tech Adventure As they say "there is more than one way to skin a cat". I did mine my way and it worked perfect! Total time start to finish was just under 1 hour. I also did not need to download disk management software as there is a setting in Macrium that allows you to resize partitions BEFORE you clone the drives (and yes I'm using the free version). However I forget to mention that the data HDD contains hidden restoration files so if you want the capabilities of being able to restore your OMEN (or any other laptop with a similar storage configuration) to it's factory original state with the new drives you need to also clone the data drive to the new data SSD BEFORE you use it to clone the main (NVMe) drive to it. If you just install a blank SSD drive into the data drive slot you WILL NOT have the option of using onboard recovery anymore. BTW a quick adjustment in the BIOS was all that was necessary to enable booting from the data HDD position.

[@hometechadventure4462]

@@garysevin8126 Really great information here. Thanks for putting such detail in your comment, it contributes greatly to the discussion.

[@garysevin8126]

@@hometechadventure4462 Thanks! And thanks for posting YOUR VID! I also forgot to mention that your vid helped me with the bottom cover removal. HP's owner's maual was completely wrong on how to do it, so I wasn't really sure that "prying" it off was a good idea although I didn't actually see any other way of removing it after the screws were removed. It's amazing how much incorrect info these companies put in ther owner's manuals!

[@rons3103]

@@hometechadventure4462 Thanks for your video and these additional comments by Gary, It helped me replace my M.2 card in my laptop. The Instructions to extend an existing partition, when going from a smaller M.2 to a larger M.2 were not very clear, anywhere. You did mention that the partitions had to be next to each other in order to extend them. So, when I cloned my drive, I drag each of my 4 partitions manually to the target, placing the C Drive (or 3rd partition) last. Now that it was next to the empty partition, I could use the advanced Partition option to extend it to the full size! It would not work staying in the 3rd position, because the 4th partition was blocking it from extending. Rearranging the partitions did not matter, boots perfectly. Hope this will help anyone else out who is trying to upgrade they M.2 to a larger one. Did not even need to download that other software package. Thanks Again!

[@hellbent_ftw]

Great job. Used this vid and your rescue usb vid to upgrade the SSD in my Omen. I stored the image file on my existing internal secondary drive and it went smooth as butter.

[@steveremenda7755]

Terrific video! Adding this extra bit of info to make an image of a FAILING drive. (Samsung PM951 256G SSD drive in a Lenovo Ideapad 700) Go to Other Tasks Menu > Edit Defaults; Select Advanced (with the wrench) from the Reflect Defaults Dialog Box; Put checkmark in "Ignore bad sectors when creating images"; Click OK to close Defaults Dialog Box. Followed the rest of the steps to "Image this disk..." to the internal 1T HDD. Restored image to Mushkin 500G Pilot-E on a RIITOP M.2 to USB Adapter. Disassembled laptop to swap out bad NVMe with the Mushkin. Required booting into Windows 10 Pro Safe Mode before booting normally. Used the MiniTool Partition Manager to maximize drive C. Thanks again!

[@ianmarsh9347]

Nice work with this and the making of the macrium reflect image. Both steps worked well for me to upgrade my 128G ssd to a 500G.

[@rockogoyochea5404]

What brand of NVME did you use?

[@ianmarsh9347]

@@rockogoyochea5404 sorry for delay. It was a samsung

[@seriousbusiness2293]

To be fair you could trim some fat and get like a 15 minute video, but on the other hand this is the first and only video that had all the details i needed for exactly what i wanted to do. Thumbs up in any case.

[@Duchante]

Thank you so much! I was afraid to install a new SSD drive, but I had no choice if I wanted to keep using my laptop. I followed your videos and it worked perfectly, even with the newer versions of Macrium and Mini-Tool Wizard. Your video was very helpful and will keep my laptop from becoming obsolete for at least a few more weeks! 😁

[@jesusguzman761]

Thank you! This is evergreen information. Even today we can apply the same method and will work 100%

[@davidhesketh354]

This was super helpful, the bumpiness of process included cuz that's what I do, so I learned what pitfalls to watch for that I might have fallen into and got stuck on. I upgraded my Lenovo Thinkpad E540 M.2 from 64 to 256GB, created the Macrium image and restored it and merged the dangling partition using the Minitool as suggested. Thank you so much. A big thumbs up to Mr Home Tech Adventure!

[@hometechadventure4462]

Thanks! I'm glad my bumbling around helped you. The intention was to show things that will likely happen when you try to do this yourself. It is a Home Tech Adventure after all!

[@gabeos7459]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!! Very helpful. I did have a problem with windows after reloading disk image, but I decided to restart the whole process and make sure my laptop was completely updated via windows before starting the process. After that everything worked great! Feels so nice to have 700 GB more space for activities!

[@hometechadventure4462]

Great to hear!

[@miro007ist]

This video was literally made for me!!!

[@mattbiziostudio2712]

Never thought that Barney from Half Life would help me install hard drives in my laptop. Thank you very much, officer! you helped me a lot

[@thomasevans114]

I tried to upgrade the 256gb nvme in my laptop to a larger 2tb nvme, so I bought an external enclosure for the new 2tb one and used Marcium's clone tool from the old to the new nvme. I put the new 2tb nvme in the laptop and it wouldn't boot, it kept saying Windows needed to be repaired. This confused me because I have upgrade serveral SSDs on desktops by just sing the clone tool in Macrium. So I followed this video exactly - I made an image of the original nvme on an old external hard drive and created a Macrium recovery USB stick. I installed it exactly how you did in this video and it finally work! Thanks for the great video it sorted my problem entirely! I'm not sure why simply cloning it didn't work but for whatever reason it didn't. Thanks again for a great video, I have subbed, keep up the good work!

[@hometechadventure4462]

I'm glad it finally worked for you. I have no idea why the direct clone did not work in this case. I would have liked to see what would have happened if you used the Windows repair tool from the Windows 10 installer. I wonder if that would have fixed it.

[@thomasevans114]

@@hometechadventure4462 I didn't have the windows installer (I think) as I bought a second hand laptop. At the recovery blue screen I tried pressing F1 to enter the recovery environment but it didn't do anything. Weird. Anyway all sorted now and I have a Macrium Reflect image of the drive and the orginal nvme as a backup in case anything goes wrong.

[@hometechadventure4462]

Glad to hear that all has worked out. You could always make your own Windows 10 installer by using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool. If you know you are installing in UEFI mode, I always prefer the Rufus method I showed in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Wth4p-m7amj5o

[@thomasevans114]

@@hometechadventure4462 Super thanks!

[@niyazioezel]

Awesome clear tutorial, solved my upgrade problem on HP Omen Desktop . Thank you :)

[@hometechadventure4462]

Glad it helped

[@j.mccarthy3008]

Thank you!! I was able to follow along quite. I was able to clone my new larger I believe. Once I opened the case I discovered the battery seemed to be a bit “puffed up”?? It was a little difficult to remove the case but it finally came off. I’ve ordered a new battery which should arrive tomorrow. More to come. My recommendation for future videos is to give users a list of software to download first. Also you probably shouldn’t badmouth the folks you get “free” software from. If they get a buck or two from the advertising that keeps them in business. I have nothing against “free” if you are testing. Once this works I will gladly pay the Macrium and Minitools folks.

[@rajeshshastri1793]

Fantastic tutorial and just what I need for my HP Omen laptop :) In fact this method can be used for any laptop. Thank you very much!

[@hometechadventure4462]

Glad it helped!

[@somsakulv]

I follow your intruction step by step. it works !!!. Thank you so much

[@najnad]

I have the same OMEN 15 and finally got this to work. Long story short, I tried 3 different NVMe 1 TB drives and was getting same/similar issues of not working. Even the third one where I got the same as the one used in this video. About to give up, I put the computer into safe mode, then restarted...and it worked! not sure if they first two would have worked if I went into safe mode with them or not. But one thing I do know is Acronis software when cloning put an odd sector on the drive that may have prevented from working, so the image/restore method shown here is the way to go. thanks!

[@garyjohn2607]

Great video man!

[@__alves_]

Hey, I have followed your tutorial but my m2 is not booting into windows it says it needs to be repaired, can u help me?

[@Celltastic]

Thanks alot i used this guide to upgrade my desktops SSD it worked perfectly

[@hometechadventure4462]

Glad it helped

[@willbarber7350]

Thanks for the helpful vid. I’ve upgraded the SSD and RAM but I don’t see the Hard Drive UEFI PMAP option come up when the drive is plugged in. What does this mean?

[@CristinZion]

When I go to pair or select a folder I do not have a d drive (D:/) to select and it will not let me make a new file. Can you help me

[@masterrenderermx3815]

And for how much time did you have with your laptop, Have you already clean it’s dirty, does the laptop have collected dust, or it wasn’t too much??

[@TheBoatPirate]

can you do a video on this laptop having a dual boot operating system such as windows/linux installed? my issue is figuring out the bios changes needed.

[@alderusan]

Thank you very much!!

[@Jaisone8]

awesome tutorial I have followed everything u said and it worked perfectly for my dell G3 laptop I was upgrading from m.2 sata to m.2 nvme SSD I was afraid and confused but this tutorial helped me a lot a small suggestion though u could always try to edit the videos so it could be minimal time and more information anyway this was great and thanks for the tutorial 👍

[@hometechadventure4462]

Thanks for the reply. I'm new to this and still working on my video style. This one was meant to be casual and help people new to the ideas.

[@Jaisone8]

@@hometechadventure4462 much appreciated

[@jungleviper]

What is it has optane memory on the m.2

[@RetroLodge]

Thanks so much for this video I have been trying to figure out, how to clone my laptop's :C Drive for a while now. It's gone all the way to the max of it's current, memory and I hope this tutorial will work when I buy a bigger Nvme SSD on Amazon. 🙏😎

[@tamchem1225]

Godly🙏 ? What i was looking for about a year.

[@hometechadventure4462]

Thanks for your positive comment.

[@TravelersTalesGaming]

Would it be good to image of there is any virus on the laptop if no is there any other way to install OS from other source

[@docteejay]

Can we clone the disk with Macrium if there's dual boot OS in the drive? Or better use Clonezilla for that matter?

[@najnad]

I have the same OMEN 15 and trying to do the same thing, but leaving the D: drive in place. I found your video after acronis and macrium didnt work for me, kept getting the windows needs to be repaired/restart circle of hell. So I tried what you did....no difference. Is it possible different NVMe drives are not compatible with the OMEN 15? I am trying a Crucial P5 1TB drive, about to return it and give up.

[@rickhutchence9567]

Just a suggestion, depending on the Laoptop or device you are using, if you can output to a HDMI source such as another monitor, you might be able to capture the whole process using a USB HDMI viedoe capture card. I have done this at my work place so that students can purchase the BYOD and follow instructions from screen captures of a physcial device

[@rockogoyochea5404]

Can you please explain to me if all these steps work if I want to upgrade to a Samsung 970 Evo Plus, since Samsung SSDs use an specific software. Second question, can I copy the image to a Flash Memory Stick and copy to the new NVMe? Thanks a lot?

[@crlcz9674]

Hello, this is such an informative video. I have the same laptop with 1TB of memory, 16GB RAM, and 16 GB optane M.2. I would like to upgrade it but I have many questions how to do it since I am new at doing this kind of upgrade. 1)By cloning the NVMe SSD to a larger one, are you cloning windows and the data into the new one right? 2)If you are cloning the windows and data to the new NVMe SSD, can you used a SSD SATA to store more data as well? I will appreciate your help with this upgrade. I've been looking for someone that not only shows how to upgrade the hardware but also shows how to keep all the programs and data after the upgrade for this particular laptop.

[@hometechadventure4462]

From what you are saying, it looks like you have a 1TB Hard Drive, with 16GB of RAM. The 16GB Optane M.2 is used as a smart cache to make the system faster and more responsive with the slow HD. You probably won't see much speed improvement or none at all with an NVMe SSD. I think the NVMe SSD would need to replace the Optane M.2. 1) Yes you are cloning everything to the new drive. But remember, the Optane M.2 you have is on used for a fast cache or buffer, the Windows installation and all of your data is actually on the 1TB HD. In this case, you would need to clone the HD to the NVMe M.2. If you do it with the HD still installed in the computer, you may need to change the drive letters to avoid conflicts. 2) You can use a 2.5" SATA HD or SSD in conjunction with an M.2 NVMe for additional storage.

[@nikhilraj4796]

So you went from internal m.2->external hD->new m2? Do I have the correct? Can't just go directly from the the internal m.2 to an external one in a case?

[@hometechadventure4462]

Yes, that would work as well. At the time of the video, I did not have an external case that supported an M.2 drive.

[@rafalkrasowski1529]

Can you create an image on D drive and boot from that drive without pulling it out and hooking up via usb?

[@hometechadventure4462]

This should be possible, but remember, and image is not bootable. You need to restore the image to a drive to have it be bootable. If you want to do this you create a clone instead of an image to the other drive. When you boot into the new drive (you will probably need to manually choose the correct boot drive), you will need to change the drive letter on your original drive. You can use Disk Management for this.

[@rafalkrasowski1529]

Have tried creating a clone on D drive to hopefully boot from that drive and clone again to new ssd but got an error on first attempt. Second attempt clone went smooth but still windows would not boot from HDD :( I guess I will have to buy m.2 usb adapter and create an image on the new drive that way I will skip the HDD part. If I'm right ;)

[@hometechadventure4462]

Try the new drive an boot into the recovery partition. Sometimes F11 will get there. Or, try 3 unsuccessful boots and it should then start in recovery mode (search for details). If you have an installer you can boot from that and in the bottom left corner choose repair your computer. If your computer is set to boot in UEFI mode, I show one method to make an installer here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Wth4p-m7amj5o If you are booting in Legacy mode you can use the Windows Media Creation Tool to make an installer. Once you get to the recovery or repair, you can try to repair you disk. This may allow you to boot from it.

[@shonitsinghal]

Please help why did you not clone and why imaged the drive? i am not sure some say clone it some say image it .

[@hometechadventure4462]

Macrium Reflect should be able to clone from SSD to HD and then back from HD to SSD without issue, but it needs to translate certain items that make each medium different. The image file preserves the SSD format even when placed on a HD, so no translation is done either way which should make the process more reliable.

[@cortezperaltarafael247]

Can I create the disk image directly on a USB? I want to change my ssd from 128gb to one of 1tb

[@hometechadventure4462]

I do not know what you mean by "directly on a USB." A USB what? Hard disk, SSD? Generally, you can create an image on anything with sufficient capacity that will connect to your computer. If you want to connect your new 1tb drive via a USB adapter of some sort, then you will need to CLONE the disk instead of creating an IMAGE. Macrium Reflect should be able to CLONE to a larger drive and adjust the partition size at the same time. Then you just need to replace the old 128GB drive with the 1TB and it should boot.

[@ariesl155]

Dear friend. Kindly help me. How will I know if the OS was installed in SSD m.2 or in the HDD? Because I want to upgrade the HDD to SSD and maintain the m.2 ssd

[@hometechadventure4462]

Search Windows for Disk Management. In Windows 10 it appears on the search as "Create and format disk partitions." Find the C: drive, this is the boot drive, the one where you operating system is installed. Look at the disk it is in, it should be easy to tell if this is your M.2 SSD or you HDD by the size of the disks.

[@ariesl155]

@@hometechadventure4462 thank you friend. It seems that my OS was installed on HDD as it shows higher storage while my SSD M.2 was indicated as recovery file drive D and have 13GB of files on it.

[@pipbernadotte6707]

Why not put the SSD into an enclosure, install the new SDD, boot from the enclosed (factory) SSD and install onto the new (installed) SSD?

[@bosslack6774]

Hi, nice video. I have the same laptop but it comes only with the 1tb hard drive, so I bought a 1tb m2 ssd and I installed it . Then I cloned the hard drive into the new m2ssd but when I try to boot from the new m2 , there's no option to select that on the boot menu. What can I do in this case?

[@hometechadventure4462]

Try Windows repair.

[@formulaic78]

Thanks for this. I used the guide to install a larger NVME in my PC. I copied my image to an external HDD. Everything appeared to go smoothly until I tried to boot up the computer with the new nvme and it wouldn't boot into windows saying "Inaccessible boot device". So then I chose the Windows Repair option and let it reset windows but keep my files.

[@hometechadventure4462]

So it worked out in the end?

[@razayeI]

I had same on my Omen laptop, Blue screen "Inaccessible boot device". I reinstalled Windows keep my files option Windows Repair and it worked (but lost all programs installed)

[@vigneshs5156]

I tried this method fully, and my windows dint start. It says "Diagnosing issues" and "preparing for automatic repair " and says "cannot start you system". PLEASE HELP!

[@hometechadventure4462]

Just saw this comment. You could try reseating the ram, that is, take it out an put it back in and see if that helps. Also, try reinstalling your old ram. If it still works with the old ram, there may be other issues. It may be that you got a bad batch, or that the ram you are trying to use is incompatible with your laptop. Some laptops are known to be very picky about the ram that they will work with.

[@ΥπερδιαγαλαξιακόςΑστροπολεμιστ]

I want to clone a 512 2.5" ssd to nvme 2 tb.Can i do this with clonezilla?

[@hometechadventure4462]

It should work just fine since and NVME is just another type of SSD. Give it a try and let me know how it goes. Make sure that after you make the clone to remove the SSD so that the system doesn't get confused. Later, you could reformat the old SSD so that it could be used for another purpose.

[@TechTalkTobi]

he even tells you how to NOT install useless SW by installing a needed tool. Nice job ! :)

[@princeofeurope3313]

If I want to install from old nvme to new nvme as system on my hp omen 15 2019, my windows will lost? Even the windows license?

[@hometechadventure4462]

If you clone the way I show in the video, everything should be fine, including the Windows license. I don't understand what you mean by the phrase "to a new nvme as system."

[@skylly-w]

Hi, Skylly from MiniTool Solutions, Are you interested in creating a video for MiniTool partition wizard 12.1 free version? Thanks .

[@hometechadventure4462]

Perhaps, I just sent an email to you.

[@IKKIREI]

Yes . it worked but I don't know why My omen don't want to set bios ? The system automatically set for me.

[@hometechadventure4462]

It is difficult for me to understand your problem from what you have posted. Could you try to explain it in more detail?

[@vaibhavshinde3324]

Excellent Tutorial, can we image an existing m.2 to an external portable SSD? I want to upgrade my 256GB m.2 to 1TB NVMe but unfortunately, there is only one M.2 slot available and I do not have another internal disk to image files? Please confirm. Love from India ❤

[@hometechadventure4462]

Yes, this should work. You can image your m.2 to an external drive or SSD of suitable size. Then install your larger NVMe and restore the image to the new drive. Make sure you use the USB 3 ports with the external SSD. If you use USB 2 ports, you will be waiting forever to transfer the data.

[@vaibhavshinde3324]

@@hometechadventure4462 Perfect! Thank you so much for clarifying my doubts :)

[@hometechadventure4462]

@mabbohabb The first thing I would try is using the Windows Recovery Mode - Advanced Options - Startup Repair. I found a good procedure here: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/enter-windows-10-recovery-mode/e8187ba5-4b2b-4f66-8c79-2d66f76d2fef If that doesn't work, you could use Windows Media Creation Tool to create a bootable USB stick, then boot into it and choose the repair option. I hope this helps. If not, you could always reinstall Windows from scratch, but I hope this is not necessary.

[@TheGreatChan]

ok i thing its not very good to use a magnetic screw drivers on computers.

[@hometechadventure4462]

Actually, there is nothing that can be harmed by a magnetic screwdriver. It really helps with the small screws.

[@matthewlewis7266]

Great tutorial, just apart from the moment you put that massive magnet on the back of your laptop. Big oops

[@Dexter101x]

I don't see the point of removing the battery just to remove the NVME drive

[@waterbender20071]

It always a good idea to remove the battery when opening the base cover of any laptop . Charge on any component is bad when removing or installing a new one.

[@hometechadventure4462]

I was just being extra cautious on this one.

[@capincrunch1184]

Mini tool gave me a virus

[@hometechadventure4462]

Virus or just an unwanted program? I have some more MiniTool content coming soon.

[@capincrunch1184]

@@hometechadventure4462 virus, also yeah I would appreciate an update to help me because I’m still trying to expand my hard drive but I can’t because I really don’t want to wipe my drive again

[@aryananand1714]

in the beginning he looks like an AI generated video speaker

[@gman9148]

You had in the Title How to Clone, then you never talked about Cloning....What gives?

[@ArtZasadny]

Too many dodgy "tools". too many steps.... Not your fault but this process should be much easier than it apparently is...