In message , GlowingBlueMist
writes:
On 7/3/2018 5:44 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Ok, same basic question as previous one about NVMe Pcie ssd to hdd and back
except this drive is a basic SSD for one of the company laptops.
Can I clone the HDD to SATA SSD, then swap drives and boot from the
SSD?

The quick answer is yes you can if the clone is done properly. As with
all cloning of Windows systems, do a shutdown after making the clone
and unplug the original disk/ssd before booting. If both are attached
to the PC during the initial boot or reboot Windows corrupts the newly
made clone.
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Or, don't make the clone from inside Windows anyway; boot from the
Macrium (or whatever) CD, and make the clone from there.

I think part of the problem is people tend to call the CD you make when
playing with Macrium (etc.) an "Emergency boot CD". I just call it my
"(Macrium) boot CD" - no mention of "Emergency". I don't think of it as
just emergency.

(Apart from anything else, if you boot from the CD whenever you're doing
imaging/cloning/similar operations, you'll check that your CD has not
deteriorated; if you only use it in emergency, that's _not_ the time you
want to discover it has suffered bit-rot.)

Disconnecting so that you only have one of the drives when you do the
(re)boot is still good advice.
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