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Cyber protect not cloning NVMe drives

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Not sure what the issue is.  Just trying to install a larger 2tb NVMe drive to replace the current 250gb drive.  Both installed internally with new drive in primary slot.  Clone sees both drives and all seems to go well but when I click proceed it seems to clone the disk instantly and says completed.  Do I have to boot from USB for this to work?  Windows 10 on MSI laptop, 

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Michael, welcome to these public User Forums.

I have never had a PC with two NVMe PCIe slots to be able to attempt the type of migration you are describing here but I would recommend not using cloning for this task.

The method I would suggest to use is via Backup & Recovery - this in my opinion is safer and more reliable but will require the use of the Acronis bootable rescue media to perform the recovery operation.

The rescue media should be created using the 'Simple' method for WinPE media created from the Windows Recovery Environment, so that it includes all device drivers needed for the NVMe drives.

Make a full Disks & Partitions backup of the original 250GB drive to an external backup drive.

Shutdown the PC and remove the 250GB drive, replacing it with the 2TB drive in the same slot where the original drive was working / booting into Windows from.

Leave the 250GB drive uninstalled / stored safely in a cupboard etc.

Boot the PC from the Acronis Rescue Media and confirm that you see the new 2TB drive correctly as a target for Recovery.  If it isn't shown, then click on Tools > Add new disk and prepare it as GPT, then do a Disk level recovery to the new drive.

Note: do not be concerned if the new drive shows the same size of the original drive when the recovery is complete - this is a common issue caused by the presence of one or more Recovery partitions at the end of the original drive and can be remedied very easily later.

Assuming the recovery is successful, then check the Log for the operation before leaving the rescue media application for confirmation.

Remove the rescue media and disconnect the external storage drive, then shutdown Acronis to trigger a restart and confirm that Windows boots successfully from the new drive.

If you do see unallocated space on the new drive after booting into Windows, then download a copy of the free MiniTool Partition Wizard software, install this in Windows, then use it to move the Recovery partition(s) to the end of the unallocated space on the drive, then resize the Windows partition to use the now available space.  Click on the Apply button to make the changes when done.
Note: this will probably also require a Windows restart to complete the changes.

Michael,

I agree with Steve here that cloning is not the best option to migrate an OS disk.  Having said that you did not give enough details about your configuration for anyone to make good call on that.

The Backup and Recovery suggested by Steve is the best way to go here.

I also agree with Steve. I have "cloned" internal M.2 to internal M.2 using the method suggested by Steve. If you decided to clone you should always create a backup first. Things can go badly wrong, such unexpected loss of power.

Ian