Windows 10: M.2 ssd upgrade

Hi, Im new to the world of ssd and pc upgrades today im going to install an m.2 nvme ssd to my laptop and keep my old hard drive so my question is if i unplug the hard drive put in the m.2 nvme ssd install windows on it and then plug the hard drive again do i lose any data of the hard drive?? I have very important files on it and im scared of losing them

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Issue with upgrading to m.2 NVME, Help?

I've done what "ignatzsonic" has done, multiple times.

Image the existing SSD to another drive, which could be the internal HD or an external one. Use the imaging software to create a bootable USB rescue drive. Swap SSDs. Boot from the USB rescue drive, and restore the image to the new SSD. Use Disk Management to resize the main partition if the new SSD is larger than the old, and the imaging software didn't already do that.

Is the laptop in question the ASUS FX553VD? A little Web search suggests that it supports NVME M.2 SSDs, but I wish that I was certain. It worries me slightly that Crucial doesn't list any M.2 NVME SSD upgrades for it.

 

Upgrade M.2 NVMe SSD

C: drive is a single partition, not the entire disk. Diskpart, list volume will prove that. What you implied and the literal meaning of what you stated are two entirely different things. C: drive is a single partition on a disk usually containing multiple partitions. For example, you stated exactly:

Here is Macrium Reflect:





I followed the directions, and I imaged C:, then I restored it to the new SSD, but it won't boot. Why not?

 

Upgrade m.2 NVMe 256GB SSD to a larger m.2 NVMe SSD

This is what I am getting with my WD-Black m.2 SSDs

WD_Black 256GB SN720




WD_Black 1TB SN750




I see that a SN750 is the way to go.

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If I move my User folder to the D: drive I may have problems as there is a User folder there along with the User folder on C: drive. That could lead to a complicated mess.