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Hello
im looking to swap out the ssd in my thinkpad x1 carbon and i know you have to clone my exisiting ssd to the new before replacing it. online there are different terms used such as "Cloning" and "Migrate" are these two the samething? if not which is better for replacing the ssd?
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i know you have to clone my exisiting ssd to the new before replacing it.
No you don't.....you can do a clean install, which is what I recommend on new HDD/SSD. You'll need to make a bootable USB of the ISO from MS using the MCT tool. You'll need a 8Gb USB drive or larger and it's really easy to do. Get it from here; https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Cloning is a copy of the complete HDD/SSD. A System Image is a copy of the files of the HDD/SSD. Have a read here..... https://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-disk-cloning-disk-imaging-68100.html

Migration is the actual act of moving files (data) from one drive to another. It's just a term. To actually clone the drive you'll need to buy the cloning hardware kit. Some times the SSD manufacturer will have a kit to go with it. Otherwise see here: https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=hard+drive+cloning+kit
I recently cloned the HD in my laptop because I wanted to switch to an SSD. I used an external USB dock for the new drive and made the clone with a free program called Minitool Partition Wizard. It was easy to use and worked just fine. https://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/
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