Windows 10: New m.2 and cloning

Ok, I have 2 m.2 nvme existing drives in my p.c as well as a sata 2.5 ssd. I would like to clone my smaller o.s nvme to the larger 1tb nvme. Then would like to remove the smaller nvme and install a brand new 4tb nvme for photos and videos. How can I do this. Please help.

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Cloned LEGACY SSD to M.2 error: 0xc000000e

Details:

Recently my 500GB SATA boot drive ran out of space due to apps/updates. I then have purchased a m.2 NVME drive.

I have used Macrum Reflect 8 to clone the 500GB SATA drive to the new 1TB NVME M.2. Before that I did format the new drive with the GPT format in disk management. The cloning process went smoothly.

I then have tried booting into the new drive.

The drive posted with error:

"RECOVERY

YOUR PC/DEVICE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED

Required file missing

FILE: \windows\system32\winload.exe

ERROR CODE: 0xc000000e"

Keep in mind:

• Before booting into the new drive the other boot drive was disconnected.
  
• The motherboard bios was NOT changed from CSM to UEFI.
  
• I did try using a WIN 10 installation image on a USB drive to repair. (Not successful)
  
• When I unplugged the new drive and plugged it into a different computer with a M.2>USB Adapter all the files showed up no problem.
  

After further diagnosis I noticed:

• The drive is only recognized in BIOS when in CSM and LEGACY+UEFI. It disappears as soon as I switch OS BOOT to UEFI.
  
• Marcum Reflect 8 has reformatted the drive to MBR in order to clone Windows.
  

Possible issue:

• Drive is in MBR instead of GPT. (WRONG FORMAT)
  
• Windows installation was cloned as LEGACY instead of UEFI enabled.
  

Question:

1. How do I reformat the drive to GPT?
   
2. How do I clone Windows with UEFI when the original is LEGACY?
   

System Information:

Motherboard: MSI B550 PLUS AM4

Old drive: Samsung 870 Evo SATA

New drive: WD SN850X NVMe

Software used: Macrum Reflect 8

OS: Windows 10

 

cloning sata ssd to m.2 nvme

Hi so i'm planning on building a new pc and my main storage drive on it will be an m.2 nvme and i want to clone my current pc's main sata ssd with my windows install on it to the new pc, I already know how to clone sata ssd to m.2 nvme and keep all my old files and keep windows but i'm wondering if there will be any hardware problems since my new pc will have a completely different motherboard, cpu and gpu, if there is any hardware problems is there anyway to get around it? or would i just have to install windows by itself on the new m.2 nvme and then afterward copy all the files except windows from the old ssd

 

M.2 cloned from SSD dive, bios problems

did you cloned only C partition to new m.2 dad ? .

did you see new m.2 is detected by bios? , if not means get updated bios and flash it .

or restore the bios default settings .

after cloned c partition, remove old ssd, then boot the Windows 10 dvd and try to repair startup repair