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XPS 15 - migrate to larger disk

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Hello,

I need to send my laptop in to Dell for servicing soon, and they have indicated that they may have to do something that will make me lose data, so I want to send them the system without my personal data, but with the OS (not to mention that I don't feel safe shipping my data).

It may complicate things that I purchased the system with Windows 8.1 and took advantage of the free upgrade to Windows 10. (???)

I have procured a Samsung 860 EVO 1TB mSATA Internal SSD (MZ-M6E1T0BW) and a mSATA to 2.5-Inch SATA III, which I will plug in to a BlacX docking station over USB 3.0.

Installed
Acronis True Image Home 2016
Windows 10 ADK
MVP WinPE Builder tool v18.2 (well, downloaded)

I've done as much as I can think of to prepare for worse case scenarios, such as making sure I have complete backups of my data, including bootable media in case I need to recover from scratch. For example, I created a Windows 10 recovery USB.

I have also taken 1 stab at using the MVP tool and created an WinPE flash drive, but am not sure I copied all of the needed custom drivers, etc. I am unsure of how to get my OS to the new 1TB drive.

Would someone please point me in the right direction to understand how to:
Copy my complete system to the new Samsung 860 (with the remainder of the 1TB usable)
Test the Samsung 860 to make sure the system will boot and be usable
Wipe the original SSD clean before sending to Dell.

I'm willing to gain the knowledge to do as much of the work as possible, but realistically I may need some of the instructions to be at the dummy level.

Any assistance appreciated.

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The best way to do what you wish is to first make a full backup of the Dell's current HDD (or SSD as the case may be). You can do this from within Windows.

You can then use Acronis Recovery Media you have created to recover the current configuration to the new HDD/SSD. You will probably have to disable safe boot and fast boot (if enabled) in the BIOS/UIEF. To use the recovery media you select UEFI when booting from the recovery media. Verify that the recovery media works before sending the PC to Dell.

As you have Windows 10, use the Microsoft Media Creation Toll to create a USB Windows 10 Installation Disk. Then, while in Windows use the USB media to install Windows 10, choosing to do a clean installation rather than update (this will involve deleting everything on the OS partition and reinstalling Windows in it 'virgin' sate. I thought there was a recovery option that would do this, but the "Fresh Start" process does not appear to remove user data.

When you get the PC back from Dell, you can then use the recovery media to restore your system to its current status.

Not sure what you intend with the copying of the HDD to the Samsung 860. However, while it is possible to restore the backup to 860, it can de difficult to adjust the partition sizes. I find it easier to recover without adjusting partition size and then using the fee MiniTool Partition Wizard free version to adjust the partition size once you have done the recovery.

Ian