There’s just too many applications, settings and licenses on that system that I didn’t want to recreate or re-enter. I wasn’t really looking forward to a full reinstallation of Windows 10 though. The physical installation is dead simple: remove graphics card, install M.2 SSD, reinstall graphics card. Nevertheless, those specs got me to pick up a screwdriver and install the new M.2 SSD. I already had a SATA SSD installed in my gaming/photo editing PC. You can also format a hard drive this way and, if my memory serves me correctly, Windows will prompt you to initialize it upon install or you can initialize it on another computer either internally or on something like a Sabrent hard drive docking station.A few weeks ago I received a 1TB Western Digital Black SN750 M.2 SSD, boasting an impressive 3470 MB/s read speed on the packaging.
For worst case scenarios if you can't access your clone image to recover your personal data files you may be able to clone the ssd drive then boot to a Linux Live CD and recover what you need that way. This way you eliminate carryover problems.
A clean OS/programs reinstall with todays internet speeds and Windows speed improvements takes me about 4 hours instead of a day and a half like it used to. I'm old school and Windows slowly grows with needless junk on your hard drive like a low budget 1960s science fiction movie creature. If your ssd drive proves functional you probably can open the entire clone image and access it like a File Explorer directory to recover all your data. What software did you create the clone image with? Just me, but on my personal computer I use Bitlocker on all my drives (internal/external) and Macrium Reflect free so cloning is just for getting back up in emergencies as Macrium in the past muddied my Bitlocker partitions picture.
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