I need some help with switching drives but i don't know where to start. I know im suppose to boot it as the primary but don't i have to clone my windows first and move my data? Its a samsung evo 970 M.2.
Macrium Reflect would be a great place to start.
Cloning a disk with Macrium Reflect 8
Using Macrium Reflect, it is possible to clone an entire drive or specific partitions on a drive. This is useful if you are upgrading to a larger drive and can often be faster than imaging the source drive and restoring to the destination drive. Cloning your drive will create a bootable copy of...www.macrium.com
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Are you planning to keep the HDD in your system? If possible, I recommend you do that. Use the SSD for Windows and software, and keep your data on the HDD.
I use Macrium Reflect which the guys have recommended, it's very good. Above setup makes it easy to image your SSD regularly—I recommend shortly before Microsoft's monthly update on the 2nd Tuesday—and do normal backup of your data whenever.