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Last time I got myself a new laptop (2 years ago), I just removed the SSD (with Linux on it) from the old one and put it in the new one. (It was larger than the included one anyway, I had previously upgraded it.)

…it simply booted and continued working as before. No driver reinstall, no reconfiguring things. I don't remember but I don't think I even had to muck with BIOS/UEFI boot settings or anything.

Downside: a year later the SSD died ;D (possibly age/use related, it was 5~6 years old at that point)



If Linux kills SSDs in 5-6 years then it's not a good sign.




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