Windows 10: Laptop won't boot from external m.2 SSD in enclosure

Hello all,I have a Lenovo Legion Y540-15IRH with Windows 11 installed. I recently purchased a WD_Black 1tb SSD to upgrade from the SK Hyinx 256gb that came installed. Western Digital offers Acronis True Image software to clone the drives for free. In the Acronis instructions it says to install the new SSD and put the old SSD into an enclosure to boot from in order to have a bootable clone. When I try to boot from my old SSD in the enclosure I bought, it fails every time. Most of the time it attempts to repair the disk for a couple of minutes and then says the repairs have failed. When I reinst

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M.2 ssd enclosure  

Tests with SSD drives in external enclosures

 

Install Win 11 to external M.2 SSD via laptop

Hello everyone, I purchased a new NVMe M.2 1TB SSD and my old 512gb SSD is in the laptop. I have a SSD reader by which I can connect the new SSD externally to the laptop. The new SSD is clean and I need to install Win 11 on that so that I can replace my laptop SSD with the new one. Can someone guide me through the steps for the same?

I have 2 SSDs, one in the laptop and one connected externally via the reader. Can it be done with these two options or do we need an additional device for the installation.

 

M.2 ssd enclosure

Your speeds are going to be limited by the USB port.
You also need to know what type of SSD you need it for. There is a difference between SATA and NVMe SSDs
I have this one for NVMe SSDs and it works well:
https://www.amazon.com/EZCast-Enclos.../dp/B0921H1VXH