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Clone slow -- and bound to fail?

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I am attempting to migrate my Windows 10 (64-bit) laptop's 250GB SSD (NVMe M.2) to a 1TB SSD using Acronis True Image 2021's Clone Disc function.

I got it started yesterday and was surprised to see that today it shows "1 day, 16 hours" to go. Seems REALLY slow (but that's another topic).

In reading up (I've got time to kill while the Clone happens!), it appears that I should have put the new SSD inside the laptop and cloned from the old SSD externally. But that's not what I did (I read that information AFTER starting the Clone operation). My clone operation is from the internal (old) SSD to the external (new) SSD, via USB-C connection.

This leads me to a couple questions...

* Is this approach doomed to fail? I'm hesitant to stop it because I'm already 24+ hours in, but if it will fail eventually anyway, I'd rather re-start and do it 'right'.

* Will I hurt anything if I stop the current Clone operation mid-way?

* If I continue the Clone operation the 'wrong' way, what steps will I need to do after swapping the new SSD into the laptop?

* If there is a preferred approach for cloning SSDs, why did ATI let me proceed incorrectly?

* If I stop the Clone operation, swap the drives, and re-start it, will it be quicker?

* Would it be better/faster to backup/restore? If so, what configuration options do I need for the backup?

 

EDIT:

Well, I answered my own questions, with guidance from this comment by Steve Smith... https://forum.acronis.com/comment/530218#comment-530218

Guided by that article, I stopped the Clone function. Booted with rescue media, backed up to external HD (took about 15 minutes), swapped SSDs (new one went internal, old one mounted in external housing), rebooted, restored from external HD (took about 15 minutes). Disconnected everything, rebooted directly into Windows 10. Ran MiniTool Partition Wizard, and got it all sorted.

Took about 90 minutes, total.

Why was I running Clone?!

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Well, I answered my own questions, with guidance from this comment by Steve Smith... https://forum.acronis.com/comment/530218#comment-530218

Guided by that article, I stopped the Clone function. Booted with rescue media, backed up to external HD (took about 15 minutes), swapped SSDs (new one went internal, old one mounted in external housing), rebooted, restored from external HD (took about 15 minutes). Disconnected everything, rebooted directly into Windows 10. Ran MiniTool Partition Wizard, and got it all sorted.

Took about 90 minutes, total. Why was I running Clone?!

Andrew, glad to read that you found my topic with the steps I have used several times when upgrading my own NVMe M.2 SSD and that this has worked for you.

I haven't been a fan of cloning for some time - it seems like an easy option but there have been too many user reports in these forums for where it can go very wrong!  Using Backup & Recovery is a much safer method, especially with the original working drive safely stored in a cupboard etc.