Windows 10: Advice on upgrading HDD to SSD on Dell XPS 8900

I have a Dell XPS 8900/Windows 10 (20H2) with a 1 TB HD that has the operating system and also a 4 TB HD that I use for storage. I want to replace the 1 TB with a 1 TB SSD. I know I will need to purchase an adaptor to install in a 3.5" bay. I was planning on purchasing a Samsung EVO drive. Do I need to go into Disk Management first before I do anything else or can I just use Macrium Reflect to clone my existing 1 TB drive, swap them out and and the ssd will boot up with no issues? I obviously want the process to be easy and painless as possible. Thanks in advance for ideas/suggestions.

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Dell XPS 8900 Desktop

I have a dell xps 8900 with windows 10. I have an dvi/hdmi cord to connect to a LG projection TV model RU-44sz61d. When I do this the TV displays what is on the pc but my original monitor wont work. Any ideas. I tried to detect monitors to set up dual
display but no luck.

 

Getting BSOD on brand new Dell XPS 8900

I'm using a new Dell XPS 8900 for video streaming purposes and I'm getting frequent BSOD's

Here's the most recent .dmp files: Recent Minidump.zip

 

Toobad - most excellent for Dell XPS 8900!

Hello Woodbridge. I have a similar setup with my Dell laptop. I upgraded from win 8.1 to win 10, then cloned the HDD to a Samsung 850 EVO SSD. I replaced the HDD with the SSD and it booted fine. Entered BIOS and saw SATA was set to Intel IRST. Changing to AHCI resulted in boot failure. I have tried to disable/delete the 32 GB cache m-sata SSD in Device Manager and in Computer Management\Disk Management, but it re-appears when I reboot. I think Windows keeps reinstalling it on reboot and then assumes I want a RAID setup. Is that what's causing Windows to reject the AHCI setting? Any thoughts on how to eliminate the m-sata cache drive so Windows only sees one SSD?