Note.... The SSD you remove has a heatsink... you will need a heatsink on a 2Tb SSD. If it overheats without the heatsink, it might fail earlier than the 5 to 10 years normally expected for SSD's. I'm doing the swap on a new Pro 11 and I have bought a heatsink kit which is cheap on Amazon. Other UA-cam videos, that show the SDD upgrade, show how to use the heatsink kit.
On a different topic - I haven't owned a Surface device a very long time. I didn't know that they re-designed it so now one can conveniently pop out the M2 drive without getting into a major production of trying to get the entire back cover off. This is great. Now I can have multiple M2 drives ready to pop in - each with its own OS - in addition to Windows.or one can easily eject the drive (if the hardware for some reason gets severely damaged) and easily pop it into a new surface device.
I did this with my SP 8 and it's the same. I used the Macrium clone feature to create the new drive which required an external NVMe enclosure but didn't require making the rescue boot USB stick. My GF has the Surface Go which is slightly down market and that one is impossible to do without doing major surgery and I'm not even sure that would work.
Thanks a lot, it worked for me exept for the "partition magic part" (it was unable to access the disk for whatever reason). I used paragon partition manager (free also) to extend the partition.
That Nintendo door is open and can let dust in. You'll have to put in extra effort blowing to it for the cartridges to work, and this video is very helpful. Thank you.
Hi Is the physical process of removing the SSD on the surface pro 11 copilot exactly the same simple??(I want to but tue 256gb and insert the 1TB but people are scared that the process involves opening up the whole screen)
I remember doing a fair bit of research for this video and it *should have the same easy SSD access mechanism. If you want to be really sure you'll know when you see the pin hole hatch under the hinge like shown in the video, and if you haven't bought one yet you could always look at one of the best buy or Costco display surfaces 🙂
I too noticed he didn't transfer the heatsink, is it necessary? Has anyone else confirmed that the heatsink that's on the factory drive is compatible with aftermarket ones?
@@tyrian869 The aftermarket heatsinks are designed for these type of SSD's and to be honest, any heatsink is better than none imho. Check the reviews of the heatsinks. Look at other Videos that show how they are applied,
Note.... The SSD you remove has a heatsink... you will need a heatsink on a 2Tb SSD. If it overheats without the heatsink, it might fail earlier than the 5 to 10 years normally expected for SSD's. I'm doing the swap on a new Pro 11 and I have bought a heatsink kit which is cheap on Amazon. Other UA-cam videos, that show the SDD upgrade, show how to use the heatsink kit.
On a different topic -
I haven't owned a Surface device a very long time. I didn't know that they re-designed it so now one can conveniently pop out the M2 drive without getting into a major production of trying to get the entire back cover off. This is great. Now I can have multiple M2 drives ready to pop in - each with its own OS - in addition to Windows.or one can easily eject the drive (if the hardware for some reason gets severely damaged) and easily pop it into a new surface device.
That's a really cool idea - I might have to borrow that since I now have that 256GB lying around 😁
I did this with my SP 8 and it's the same. I used the Macrium clone feature to create the new drive which required an external NVMe enclosure but didn't require making the rescue boot USB stick. My GF has the Surface Go which is slightly down market and that one is impossible to do without doing major surgery and I'm not even sure that would work.
Thanks a lot, it worked for me exept for the "partition magic part" (it was unable to access the disk for whatever reason). I used paragon partition manager (free also) to extend the partition.
That Nintendo door is open and can let dust in. You'll have to put in extra effort blowing to it for the cartridges to work, and this video is very helpful. Thank you.
Haha it's actually broken and pending being fixed 😅 And happy to help!
Are the colorized Logo Stickers self made or can I buy them anywhere? at 4:30
I can't install Macrium on my SP11 because the CPU isn't compatible. How did you manage to install it on the ARM processor?
My SSD Slot is on the right side, not the left one!?!?!?
Hi Is the physical process of removing the SSD on the surface pro 11 copilot exactly the same simple??(I want to but tue 256gb and insert the 1TB but people are scared that the process involves opening up the whole screen)
I remember doing a fair bit of research for this video and it *should have the same easy SSD access mechanism. If you want to be really sure you'll know when you see the pin hole hatch under the hinge like shown in the video, and if you haven't bought one yet you could always look at one of the best buy or Costco display surfaces 🙂
@@CoulterPeterson thank you so much!!
I didn't see you install the heatsink, but I liked how you cloned the SSD. Perhaps the SSD will have a shorter lifespan.
I too noticed he didn't transfer the heatsink, is it necessary? Has anyone else confirmed that the heatsink that's on the factory drive is compatible with aftermarket ones?
@@tyrian869 The original SSD 2030 has one. I didn't take any risks and I added a heatsink form Amazon. It works so fine...
@@tyrian869 The aftermarket heatsinks are designed for these type of SSD's and to be honest, any heatsink is better than none imho. Check the reviews of the heatsinks. Look at other Videos that show how they are applied,
I've had to slow down this video to 1/4 speed.... and take notes and have a friend check it, twice.
Ya know, I got a fever, a strange tech fever, and the only prescription, is an m.2 drive for a surface laptop
😂