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Hi. Is there a way to clone an m.2 OS (sata) drive to a bigger m.2 drive(")? My Laptop only have on m.2 slot. Do i need something like a USB enclosure and software the Samsung one for cloning? Thanks in advance!

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You'd need to have the other M.2 drive plugged in as well, using something like this:

http://www.miniinthebox.com/usb-3-0-to-sata-2-5-hard-disk-to-m-2-ngff-pci-e-2-lane-ssd-for-e431-e531-x240-y410p-y510_p4019730.html?currency=GBP&litb_from=paid_adwords_shopping&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&adword_mt=&adword_ct=89613632233&adword_kw=&adword_pos=1o2&adword_pl=&adword_net=g&adword_tar=&adw_src_id=8550168004_288094633_19784783353_pla-18283950120&gclid=Cj0KEQjwo5--BRCS8ceLjv-XppUBEiQAGp15EO8bWJD67pfIPMJEBCLR8q01PRdkyD6Kfg770Ri-FcEaAvPc8P8HAQ

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either that or you can use an intermediary storage device

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If you do not want to use an additional enclosing but have a spare external SATA HDD you could use this spare HDD to do the clone from the old M.2 to that HDD and then from that HDD to the new M.2 or you could use the spare HDD to host an image of the old M.2 and then use the image to put it on the new M.2.

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Cool thanks. I  assume i can just use normal cloning software at that point?

System Specs:

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H / i7 4770k (at stock) / 2 MSI GTX 780 SLI (344.75) / 16 gig Mushkin Blackline 2133 mem / ADATA SX900 256 gig SSD

2 WD Caviar Black 1TB HDDs / Corsair H100i cooler / Corsair HX1050 PSU / Corsair Carbide Air 540 case / Asus VG248QE 144 hrz monitor (with G-sync)

Windows 8.1 Update 1

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