[GTALUG] Swapping SSD Drives

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 12:33:13PM -0500, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote:
> I am currently booting off an SSD drive that boots both Linux (Ubuntu 20.04)
> and Windows. The partition scheme is shown here:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zED6cbDncGz-fd1KF2bMjYEf5v3VWSOn/view?usp=sharing <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zED6cbDncGz-fd1KF2bMjYEf5v3VWSOn/view?usp=sharing>
> 
> I want to get a larger SSD and replace it. Can I just clone this drive to a
> larger one using Clonezilla? My thought is to put Clonezilla on a USB drive
> and then clone the current NVMe to another USB key.  Then remove current SSD
> and replace with a larger one. Boot back into Clonezilla and clone what is
> on the second USB key to the new SSD in the laptop. Then reboot and voila.
> Is it that straightforward? I guess another option is to get a NVMe to USB
> adapter and clone directly to that? Is that a better solution? I've never
> used Clonezilla before so in unfamiliar waters here. I also have a large HDD
> in the machine so maybe could copy the current SDD to that as well? Feeling
> a little lost as to best way to move forward. Thanks for any tips.

That sounds good to me.  Pretty sure that's what I have done before.

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Len Sorensen