Cloning tools

[Ontanium]

After installing a 256GB micron m.2 SSD my computer actually seems slower.

I originally performed a clone using minitool and it went fine but minitool created an esp partition (this did show in the api window prior to clone that showed in My computer and ) which wasn't there before. So I decided to reset this PC to hopefully solve the issue. No luck, something about no recovery environment (so minitool copied the disk but didn't clone it).  So now I decided to download dev tools and clean install of windows without any acer apps or other clutter. It works, but there are issues bugging me:

• Seems slower

• Screen Tear and early after and during updates the screen kept blanking out (stopped now)

• Downloads are very slow

• Games seemed to look to have more jagged edges, even when I switched to high detail

• ACC won't complete m.2 drive check past 60%

• Feels off



So my question is, how do I go about properly cloning the m.2 drive.  I still have the original so all I need to do is replace it, then properly clone to this drive and if I feel the need, reset this PC (which should work if properly cloned).

Any advice or suggestion are welcome, not sure what to do now.