dell XPS 17 inch 1 TB M2 SSD add second internal m2 SSD help.

[Beejan181]

hi i have got a dell XPS 17 inch 4k machine bought this year, it has got 16 gb ram 1 tb internal hdd.
i want to add 2/4 TB internal M2 hdd into the second free slot.
i have got an old laptop which has got 1 tb m2ssd which is nearly full.

i have also got an external usb caddy for m2 SSD.
my questions
1)shall i copy files from my old laptop to the new ssd in the caddy and the put it in my dell xps 17 inch ,,does it have to formatted or can i keep the files already copied on it.
2) do i put the second HDD in the dell xps 17inch and then copy files onto this.

which is best way of doing this..
Thanks

 

[TechRunner]

Personally, I would install the drive first THEN copy files onto it. Imagine copying everything over to the new drive using the caddy then having compatibility or corruption issues during the drive install in the XPS that won't allow you to proceed. Then you've wasted a lot of time copying those files over to the new drive for nothing.

Just my thoughts.

 

[Beejan181]

Thanks tech runner.

 

[maflynn]

Use Robocopy after installing the drive, its a faster method of copying large quantities of data. I use that when I need to move data from one file server to another.