Yes—4096 is “normal” for most useage…512 is crazy, larger than 4096 is not viable. I do a separate /home out of habit…back in the 90’s/early 2000’s it saved my backside many times, so I keep doing it.
I’ve used clonezilla—fussy, but works OK…dd to me is easier & does the job with very little fuss. I swear by dd—it is my go-to tool for upgrading/cloning drives.
Like I said–take your time & check the if & of very carefully…other than that–wait & drink your favorite beverage while waiting for dd to do the job.
Well, it’s in there. That little bugger was a pain to install; primarily because the hardware MSI gave me to use wasn’t quite long enough to give enough threads past the NVMe drive to bite into the motherboard. Fortunately, I had other hardware (always save any leftover MoBo hardware from previous builds).
That doesn’t seem to make sense since the screws that hold down an nvme drive are usually all the same. They are very tiny but they screw into the mounting posts that the nvme drive sits on top of.
That doesn’t screw the board down. That’s a stand off that screws into the case and the board sits on top of that and a small screw holds the board down screwed into this post.
Edit: That’s why i posted the video to make sure you are mounting it correctly.
I typically only install in desktops and i haven’t seen one like this with the plastic on the top of the standoff but there are all different types. I would think it’s the same on the laptop as shown in the youtube video. The one you have shown doesn’t have a screw in the top of it?
Okay so normally the standoff is in the motherboard and lines up with holes in the nvme drive. Depends on the type of nvme drive you have. Some are shorter that others. The best ones are the 2280. Sometimes you have to move the existing standoff as they may have it in the first hole made for a 2242 and you have to move it to the end for a 2280.
Edit: When i said the stand offs screwed into the case i was thinking of regular standoffs for the motherboard which are a little different but not much.
Just make sure you power it off and unplug it and discharge any static you have. Don’t want to ruin the brand new drive. I’m just not sure how you have it mounted currently or held down? The nvme drive shouldn’t be touching the board by being under the stand off using it to hold it down. It’s meant to be put in the slot on an angle approximately 30 degrees and then pushed down to rest on top of the standoff and the screw attached to the top of the stand off to hold it in place.
BTW that standoff doesn’t look like the right type as the thread is too course. Normally the standoff have a finer thread and the top screw is way too big.
