Windows 10: Working NVME Drive and added a ssd in spare slot. Want to have SSD as a redundant drive...

win 11 Acer laptopNvmE working driveAdded ssd in seperate bayCloned ssd from NMVE to 2.5 ssd ,cloned successful according to MACRONIS Changed boot order to ssd came saying BITLOCKER INFO needed What do I need to do to have NVME online and clone ssd one a week to have redundancy in case NVME online drive has an issue then just switchNVME to SSD in bios Boot order.Thank you in advance

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NVME SSD

I have to enable csm and enable legacy and uefi on some boot devices. Then format the usb with mbr for both legacy and uefi. And ssd ss formatted mbr file specs not gpt.

 

NVME SSD

Tried this, and windows still didn't see the nvme ssd. It was a brand new nvme ssd right out of the box. Nothing works.

 

Clone present nvme pcie ssd to replacement nvme pcie ssd?

I have a 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD (boot drive) that I want to replace with a higher capacity M.2 card.

Where do I put the new SSD during the NVMe to NVMe cloning process? My mobo only has one M.2 slot for NVMe SSD's so do I want to use an external adapter for one of the M.2 cards? If so, do you have a recommendation?

If you have solved this issue for your desktop or laptop I would like your advice on if and what extra hardware you needed during the cloning.

please remember that I am dealing with PCIe NVMe drives ONLY. NO Sata is involved except possibly for a connecting cable from the desktop to an adapter. I am experienced with cloning SATA III drives but cloning NVMe is a little
new to me.

Computer: Dell XPS 8920, 32GB ram.

Present SSD: KXG50ZNV512G NVMe Toshiba 512GB

New SSD: CT13049074 Crucial P1 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD 1TB (or 2TB if available soon) or similar storage device.

Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 1809.