Installing replacement SSD on laptop

AddRAM said:

Luiz says Macrium will take care of everything.

Macrium is the King

This is the Way.

It sure is. Macrium is cloning away as I write (on my phone).
Macrium is what I use for my normal backups.

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You guys are wonderful.

The next important step is...will it boot.

OldNavyGuy said:

The next important step is...will it boot.

No reason why not as it will only have one drive to boot from. On a desktop, if you keep the source drive attached you may have a partition ID conflict (Windows or Macrium boot repair can fix it)

AddRAM said:

The reason I asked you to post a shot using PW is so we make sure you clone the correct the partitions.

But just choose to clone everything.

Thank you. I'm cloning everything.

Megahertz said:

No reason why not as it will only have one drive to boot from. On a desktop, if you keep the source drive attached you may have a partition ID conflict (Windows or Macrium boot repair can fix it)

Same thing happens on a laptop if you try to boot from the new drive while it's connected externally.

OK. I used Macrium to "clone" 3 partitions:
1. System
2. Old C (windows)
3. Old E: (Data)

(I did not clone existing old G: and H because I do not need them).

But I noticed that the result is that the 2 logical drives have acquired different letters while the ssd is still connected via the usb adapter. (see attached screenshot)
C is now labelled D in the new usb attached ssd
E is now labelled F in the new usb attached ssd

I assume that normal and is because you cannot have 2 C drives, but I do not know if when I remove the laptop's old hdd and insert the ssd in its place if these drive letters will correct themselves and the laptop boot. So, I have not yet taken the old hdd out and replaced it by the new ssd in case I need to change some things before doing that. Should I do somethings else first?

It's now late. So I will go to sleep and wait to hear back from you experts tomorrow morning.

Thank you.