Hey y'all! First off, I just would like you to know that this is my first time buying a gaming laptop, always been a desktop person, but considering that every time I move places, I have to leave my desktop and sell it. I decided to buy myself a laptop. Anyhow, I got the ASUS ROG GU501GM and although I do not have any plan right now to upgrade the SSD, for sure I will do upgrade this in the future, so here are my questions:


1) If I am planning to upgrade the SSD that holds the OS, how do I do the transfer so as to preserve all the files and OS of the original SSD? I did some research awhile ago and read about cloning, how will I do the cloning if I only have 1 slot for the SSD? Do I do SSD(original)>HD cloning then HD>NVME M.2(Replacement) transfer? Or is there an easier way around this like buying an adapter and doing the cloning SSD>SSD?


2) Second option I am thinking is that, I will just upgrade the HD that I have and just put SSD on it or a bigger capacity HD. How will I transfer the files from my HD to the SSD that I plan on replacing it with? Do I need to buy those adapters for SSDs?

I am really sorry for asking newbie questions as this is my first time, I am even afraid on opening my laptop HAHA, but anyway, thank you so much and I appreciate the help! Cheers!