Clone an HDD with Linux (in dual boot with Windows 10 installed in a different drive on the same pc) to a Crucial MX500 SSD.
On my laptop I have a 128GB SSD with Windows 10 and a 1TB HDD partitioned into a NTFS partition for data and an ext2 partition with Ubuntu installed. On startup it boots into GRUB which let me choose what OS I want to boot in.
I bought a Crucial MX500 to replace the HDD and downloaded Acronis True Image for Crucial (2019).
I'm planning to clone completely the HDD onto the SSD. I created and tested the Acronis Rescue Media and it boots fine.
Should I clone the HDD to the SSD through the Windows application or should I use the bootable media?
Do I have to replace the HDD first and clone using it as an external drive onto the new internal SSD or I can clone and then swap drives afterwards??
I don't want to damage my data or my drives. Are there any other tips I should follow (apart from, of course, make a backup of the data on the source drive)?


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