Windows 10: BSOD after cloned 250GB SSD to 500GB SSD (both SATA)

I used Macrium Reflect to do the clone. 250GB Samsung 850EVO to 500GB Samsung 860EVO, both drives are SATA.

Computer worked fine for about 24 hours, then I started getting BSOD's, I don't have a screenshot, but it said "critical error" or something like that. Finally, the computer sounded like it would boot up, but nothing on the screen. I even powered down, unplugged AC and pulled the battery and waited 30 seconds. Tried rebooting and still a black screen. I swapped back in the 250GB SSD and it booted flawlessly and no BSOD's.

The obvious solution is to do a fresh install (it'll take me several days to get it back to operational status with various settings, software, etc etc) onto the 500GB SSD.

Any ideas what might've caused this? I've cloned many SATA disks before, HDD to HDD, HDD to SSD but this is a first of SSD to SSD.

I do get occasional BSOD's with the 250GB SSD, but only when I unplugged a particular USB device, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface and it only happens about 1 out 5 times or so. I'm hoping I don't have a bad USB system or something like that. When this happens, the laptop is on a docking station but the 2i2 is plugged direct into a USB port on the laptop. I have no idea of the BSOD's with the 250GB SSD have anything to do with the cloned 500GB SSD.

System is:

ThinkPad T540p i7-4700MQ, 16GB RAM (CPU was upgraded a few months ago from an i5-4300M)

Windows 10 Pro Version 10.0.19041 Build 19041

Automatic updates are turned on.

Thank you!

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I just did this last week. Upgraded from a Samsung EVO 850 250GB SSD to a Samsung EVO 860 500GB SSD.
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Once it finished. I removed the 250, moved the 500 to the SATA cable the 250 had been on, powered up and everything worked perfectly.

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