Just what I needed! I did a lot with the SSD butnothing worked, until I followed this video and now I'm enjoying my 1TB SSD!

Thank you so much Dale. All went GREAT! Note that in my case, my Flex5 (mfg 07/28/2020) the case screws were T5, not T6! I also bought a cheaper SSD adapter that worked fine (AMZ SSK M.2 NVMe SSD adapter) just for others reference. Also note that Macrium current download version is 7.3.5854. I did NOT try that version and instead searched & downloaded the older V7 DLHF version (which is what I used successfully! Thank you again

Many thanks for this great instructive video I've just used Macrium Reflect 7 to clone my HDD onto a new SSD :) You're videos are awesome. Best wishes from the UK

Thanks man! Just what I needed as a guide to do this job. Regards from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thank you so much. I fought this for 2 hours because I was using the PAID EaseUS Partition Magic to clone the SSD and the Lenovo refused to boot from the new drive. I had never heard of Macrium before this video and it worked instantly. Had I used it from the beginning this would have been a 20minute upgrade.

You give a straight forward explanation and very clear, thank you.

Thank you for the video. The software was so good; it worked w/o any issues. It was easy to use also. I am looking forward to reading the manual and learn all the other things I can do with it.

This worked like a charm on my IdeaPad flex 5 14abr8 😊

Would enjoy hanging out and building pc's with him. He reminds me of my mentor who passed away.

this is awesome i had no storage because of my games now i have plenty

Long time Macrium user myself ;-) using it for weekly partition backups. The WD Blues are really nice and solid SSDs, not the fastest, but very THIN (one sided) and they dont get hot, really recommended for laptops.

Haven't even bought this yet! i guess better to be prepared right :D

Good video!

Great video

thank you very much for the video where did you buy the charger? Regards, and thank you very much

Hi again,Would you mind creating a new video for MIniTool partition wizard full version?

Hey like the video but i have a Lenovo 5g Verizon with a snapdragon cpu on window 11 pro can i do it on my laptop?

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have a Lenovo with recovery partitions and could not get any of the WD(acronis), aomei, samsung software to copy any or all of the partitions. It looked like some trial versions might work but they would not complete the clone until you bought the software - some trial! I was about to give up when I found your video. This was a lifesaver and I'm now typing this review on my old computer with a faster, resized hard drive. New subscriber!

Thanks for the video it was great. This is my mode I got for $729.99 at Staples on sale. Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15IIL05 81YK 15.6" Notebook, Intel i7, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, Windows 10 (81YK000LUS). I want to remove the 512 GB drive and replace it with a 1TB or 2TB drive. My internal drive is a M.2 2242 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 X 2, can I replace that with a M.2 2280 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 X 4 drive? So, I want to go from a 2242 to a 2280 drive.

I hope this works when I pick up my ssd enclosure from Best buy and follow your steps cause I tried to it before without the cloning and before I knew what a cloning was it took me to boot manager and it stayed there and I hope this method works for me

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About rams Are they DDR4 3200mhz ?. I did not know there is a 2400mhz model

Thanks for this video. Gives me enough confidence to go ahead with upgrading the SSD. Question about ChromeOS Lenovo Flex 5 13.3" 2-in-1 Touchscreen Chromebook - 11th Gen Intel i3-1115G4 - 1080p Processor & Memory: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 Processor 8GB LPDDR4x 3733MHz RAM 128GB NVMe™ TLC Solid State Drive Would the Software Macrium Reflect also clone Chrome OS? How do I check the maximum capacity SSD this would support? Thanks a Lot.

That carpet on the desk where you deal with electronics... priceless. you know right away that this guy is a pro. Using old USB A instead of the faster USB 3.x for data transfer. Well, everyone is into computers these days.

RAM IS UPGRADABLE You can add more RAM to this PC. I have the very same model and now I have 20GB RAM. It is confusing at first because Lenovo says the ram is soldered. Well, They have 2 channels. Only 1 RAM channel is soldered. 1 is removable. Lenovo soldered the 4GB stick to the motherboard, dedicated to the tiny graphics card (I believe) or dedicated to something. There is a 12 GB stick that is removable. I took out the 12GB stick and replaced it with Crucial 16GB stick. So... Now I technically have 20GB RAM in my Lenovo Flex 5 14in.

Can I clone in external HD and just install the NVMe and just copy from that ?? I don’t have the 50 bucks for the adapter

For the following specification, can I upgrade my RAM to 16 or 32 GB ????? Flex 5-14ITL05 Laptop (ideapad) - Type 82HS Machine Type Model 82HS008YIN

If it's beeping giving a ram code is there anyway to fix it?

Excellent video!! i have an 4GB RAM ver. can i upgrade the ram?

can i drain the battery instead of pulling the battery connector ??

Can I install my drive right in the m2 slot and do the entire clone process from there? Have a hp 17 inch with a spinner hd and have a m2 drive on the way. Both 1 tb Thank you.

Dale, thanks for the instruction. I have the same system and ordered the same products and performed the same clone. With the new SSD installed the system boots up fine, but after a few minutes the system freezes and gives a flash of a blue error screen and announces the system has to reboot. It then goes to the Windows recovery page upon start up. Any ideas what went wrong or how to troubleshoot? Note that when I put the old SSD drive in the system works fine again. Regards, Mike

Hi Dale. Thanks so much for this video. I've ordered a Flex 5 with a 512 GB but I may want to upgrade to a 1 TB so this is very helpful. The Flex 5 comes with 802.11 Wireless-AC (2x2) + Bluetooth 4.2, Realtek I think. Would it be possible to do a video on how to upgrade to WiFi 6?

If I have a 4gb ram Can I upgrade it from 4 gb to 16 gb in this laptop

Hi Dale! is there any way to replace the Flex 5 screen to one that is brighter and with higher color gamut?

Hey dale, quick question. Macrium doesnt seem to identify my usb plugged ssd for cloning. Windows identifies theres something connected but immediately disconnects

I'm taking my old ssd in my current laptop and putting it into the new lenovo laptop since my old ssd is 1 TB. Will I have to do any cloning process since the old one already has all my files and windows 10 on it? Or can I just take the ssd out and replace them? Ive already found out that my current ssd is compatible with the new laptop

I just followed this video to the T, with the same laptop and same size nvme drive and using the same software, but it doesn't work?? It gives me an error code of 0xc0000225. It also does not show the new drive in the file explorer before or after the cloning process.

Is that 2.5in SSD bay under the battery? I've seen the battery removed on other videos and it looks like it is. I've got several 2.5in SSD's I'd like to use for additional storage and don't really want to go w/ a USB caddy.

Hey! I tried several times to do a fresh Windows 10 install on a WD blue SN550 NVMe 512gb but it fails the first time Windows 10 try to boot. It shows the winLoad.efi 0xc0000225, try lot of things... Disable uefi and secure boot and nothing, tried to fix mbr with bootrec and nothing, any clue? I thought the Flex 5 is not fully compatible but then I saw your video...

Followed your steps mine takes to me the boot menu :(

Is it bad if I insert 2 tb ssd in this laptop Please answer me as soon as possible🙏 I'm about to buy it

I tried the same as above with the same laptop and SSD but am getting the same error as some other people here. If I try a fresh install, it won't let me select the drive to install and if I clone, it crashes upon booting. Has anyone who had this problem been able to resolve it? Thanks

Hi, are there anyway we can modify the RAM ? I have 8gb and feeling regret now

Is the 4GB and 8GB version of this laptop upgradeable?

So I tested this all the way up to opening the laptop. I am currently waiting on the torx 6 to arrive in the mail. I went to the bios to boot from the ssd I copied to and it failed to boot. Does this mean it didn't copy correctly or would it work better if I waited for the torx to come in to replace the storage already in the computer? The adapter was also extremely hot to the touch after I attempted to boot twice (both times failed.), is it supposed to be that hot? I unplugged it and took out the ssd that was in the adapter to cool faster.

is it nessasary to unplug battery for swapping ssd? just curious

Will it affect the files in the drives while upgrading ssd.. please help me out..as I just brought a Lenovo flex 5 and thought of seeking your help

ram its 3200mhz speed

600 dollar for 4500u +16gb+ssd+ips touchscreen+ lightweight. that is why lenovo's maginal profit is only 1%, poor company. dell is 5%, hp is 10%, apple is 30%. lenovo sold most but earn least. if they dont sell thinkpad to cover the cost, they are losing money for selling these regular laptops.