upgrading SSD in a laptop

[Woofage]

I need to upgrade a Windows 10 laptop SSD to a bigger one. I have the new drive, a USB caddy, and backup facilities. I've never swapped out a drive before that wasn't part of a complete new system so I'd welcome advice from those who have as to what are the best software tools for the job.

Thanks in advance.

[Biggsy]

The make of drive you buy will offer their own software with a cloning function that should be fine.

The other way I've done it is with Acronis True Image - simply restoring an image backup to the new drive.  It automatically makes it bootable in the process.  I also use Acronis Disk Director for changing partition sizes.

[Woofage]

The make of drive you buy will offer their own software with a cloning function that should be fine.

Thanks, didn't think of that. There's no info with the drive . It seems I can download and install Acronis True Image WD Edition so I'll do that.

[frankly frankie]

Some individual bits of software will still kick off if you change the system HD - even if they themselves are installed on disk D say.  Adobe Creative Suite is one, Memory Map is another, IME.  Both these have a 'transfer' procedure that you have to go through - basically de-registering with the old system HD in place, then re-registering with the new one.