“If I replaced the pre-installed 256 GB SSD with a larger SSD, would I need to clone the drive, or would it be okay to just do a clean installation of Windows 10? After all, the Windows license is stored in the BIOS, right?”
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I just replaced SSD to 512GB by cloning. Right after I installed larger SSD, it was slower than my older SSD, but after few days w/ few restarts, it came back to normal speed. From my experience, it was okay to clone old SSD to new SSD. But make sure you buy correct "NVMe enclosure" (not NGFF, it will not fit) to clone SSD properly.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Just wanted to add that I ended up backing up an image of the existing SSD on an external hard drive using the imaging tool included in Windows 10. Then I replaced the SSD with a blank Corsair MP510 960 GB NVMe SSD. Booted the laptop with a Windows 10 installation USB stick and restored the saved image on the new SSD. Took no time at all, and everything worked fine. There was no problem with Windows license either. The new drive is many times faster than the one that came with the laptop, although I am not seeing much real life difference in performance. The reason I wanted to avoid cloning the drive was that would have required me to purchase a separate external enclosure for the NVMe drive. Hope this helps someone who is also trying to do the same thing.
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