Windows 10: Cloning low capacity SSD to a high Capacity SSD disk before Activating the Windows on a new...

I have bought a new MiniPC with 500 GB SSD M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 preinstalled with OEM Windows 11 Pro.I have not Activated the Windows 11 Pro yet. Can I first clone the preinstalled 500 GB SSD to a new 2 TB SSD M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 before activating the Windows? And then Activate the Windows in the new SSD directly?

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Cloned SSD has 20GB missing

Hi all, I came across this link when I realized my cloned SSD is smaller than the original:

https://www.crucial.com/support/articles-faq-ssd/why-is-ssd-capacity-smaller-after-cloning

However different from the link, I cant spot the missing 20GB in any 'visible' recovery partitions as showed in the link. I have tried the trial version of Easeus and Paragon Partition Manager, I just can't seem to recover that hidden 20GB. (my recovery disk consists of only 1GB)

Is there way I can do it within Windows? Is there a much better way to clone the SSD? I simply wanted to upgrade my SSD with the OEM Windows to a higher speed, this missing capacity has been killing me and the technicians I've approached, nobody seems to have a solution.

Much appreciated.

 

Want to Clone SSD to Higher Capacity SSD

So at the time of this post, and after spending around $50 thanks to the other users on ebay hiking the final auction price as a sort of revenge on losing the auction in question, I got the SSD drive bought and its in the process of being sent over

I have read and committed all that I've been told to memory on how NOT to screw this up, but one question I dont think I asked about was the windows 10 license. If I do this macrium reflect backup/cloning method, or use something like EaseUS Todo Backup Free to clone the ssd, will I have to worry about re-inputting the license code that came with the computer to activate windows 10 home (his edition of windows), or will it still stay activated even after the backup

and even then, will I have to worry about sync issues (settings wise) with onedrive? He has onedrive open on his, but for whatever times I was on his computer during maintenance when he's at work, I dont know if he's using it for syncing settings or something

And another thing: in one article on cloning an SSD onto a larger capacity one here, it mentioned a tool called EaseUS Todo Backup that can do such a thing, but also optimize the SSD for performance after the fact. If i stick with macrium reflect, will there be any other steps/commands I need to use to ensure his new SSD will perform just as good as the old one? TRIM, any tool that could help, etc...

 

SSD clone issues with Space

Good Afternoon everyone

so my SSD drive was starting to get full it has 128gb capacity. I decided to upgrade to a 500gb i found on newegg for a decent price. I used the paragon ssd clone program and everything transferred succesfully. Then i changed the boot order in my start up and menu and have succfully removed my old ssd and and running on the new one. My issue is when i check my disk space for the new SSD it is still showing me the old SSD and saying it is almost full. Did i miss a step somewhere? Has anyone else had this happen?