How to upgrade HD NVME M2 single port on notebook for windows 11

Nobody want to spend time to reinstall windows and applications to upgrade HD NVME M2. Here is a mini guide to transfer the whole old (smaller) HD, using Clonezilla 20230426-lunar.

You need to buy NVME M2 usb enclosure. The new HD NVME M2 must equal or larger then the old one.

Preparation

Download Clonezilla iso (stable or alternative) from https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php and burn it into CD ROM.

Transfer HD from old to new

Make sure you plug your adapter to your notebook and your windows 11 in health condition.

1. Insert your new HD NVME M2 into USB Enclosure and plug into your notebook.
2. Restart your PC to notebook to start from CD, press windows + restart.
3. After book, select preferred language.
4. Choose keyboard layout or keep default keyboard layout.
5. Then choose Start Clonezilla.
6. Select device_device.
7. Select Beginnner.
8. Select your Source HD, (smaller size if upgrade to bigger size).
9. Select Destination HD.
10. Choose option -sfsck to skip checking/repairing source.
11. Choose option -K0 to create exactly size of partition on destination HD like source.
12. Choose option -p if you want decide to reboot or shutdown after transfer finish.
13. Enter to continue transfer HD.
14. Confirm your HD source by typing Y.
15. Confirm your HD destination by typing Y.
16. Wait until process transfer completed.

You can turn of your notebook, and replace your old one with a new one.

Post transfer

By default, your disk is encrypted by bitlocker. To resize your HD, yout need to disable encrypted during resizing/shrinking your HD.

Windows -> Settings Privacy & Security -> Device Encryption -> disable/off

Wait until windows 11 decrypt your HD.

You can use any free for home user, to resize your new HD. These are example for home user:

1. Minitool Partition Wizard Free 12.7
2. EaseUS Partition Master
3. others your favorite tool
   

After resizing I recommended you do (run cmd as administrator):

1. Disk C checking
   > chkdsk c: /f
   required to reboot windows 11
2. System file check
   > sfc /scannow
3. Run disk checking for others parititons
   > chkdsk d: /f