Windows 10: How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement

Discus and support How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have an ASRock X399 Taichi, 128GB ram running Windows 10 Professional. This motherboard has 3 M.2 slots. I currently have a 960GB in M.2 slot 1 and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by robert3892, Jan 24, 2019.

  1. How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement


    I have an ASRock X399 Taichi, 128GB ram running Windows 10 Professional. This motherboard has 3 M.2 slots. I currently have a 960GB in M.2 slot 1 and it is my O/S drive. I another 960 GB in slot 2. It is my intention to replace the slot 1 M.2 with a 2TB M.2. I then want to move the current 960 GB in slot 1 to slot 3. I want to make a fresh windows install on the 2TB and format the 960GB.


    Will there be any issues with this? Previously I had a 480GB M.2 SSD in slot 2. I formatted it and removed it and replaced it with a 960GB but when I did this Windows could not find the boot drive (slot 1).


    I don't mind doing a fresh install at all if that is the only solution.

    :)
     
    robert3892, Jan 24, 2019
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  2. How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement

    I have an ASRock X399 Taichi, 128GB ram running Windows 10 Professional. This motherboard has 3 M.2 slots. I currently have a 960GB in M.2 slot 1 and it is my O/S drive. I another 960 GB in slot 2. It is my intention to replace the slot 1 M.2 with a 2TB
    M.2. I then want to move the current 960 GB in slot 1 to slot 3. I want to make a fresh windows install on the 2TB and format the 960GB.

    Will there be any issues with this? Previously I had a 480GB M.2 SSD in slot 2. I formatted it and removed it and replaced it with a 960GB but when I did this Windows could not find the boot drive (slot 1).

    I don't mind doing a fresh install at all if that is the only solution.
     
    robert3892, Dec 16, 2019
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  3. How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement

    Thanks. You're right it isn't well documented and should be. By the way my personal goal is to only have M.2 storage along with cloud backup so my mechanical HDDs and SSDs are gone. Only M.2 SSDs now.
     
    robert3892, Dec 16, 2019
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  4. DaveM121 Win User

    How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement

    How to properly swap out an M.2 SSD for a larger size replacement

    Hi Robert, M2's are definitely the way to go, they are so much faster than a HDD and even the SATA SSD's
     
    DaveM121, Dec 16, 2019
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