Best way to clone a drive without making a mess of it?

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For laptops with only one internal drive bay, a USB-to-SATA or USB-to-NVMe adapter can make the job much easier. Connect the new SSD externally, clone the internal disk onto it, then physically swap the drives. Just make sure the adapter supports the type of drive you bought. NVMe and SATA may look similarly small in some cases, but they are not interchangeable interfaces