Since the replacement SSD does not have an OS, you will need to reinstall Windows 10 after the swap. The easiest way is to load Microsoft's official Surface Pro X recovery files to a USB drive as this gives you all the necessary drivers for Surface Pro X. Doing so restores Surface Pro X to its factory state.

Thermal paste, a prying tool, and rubbing alcohol is not obligatory as it depends on how detailed you want to be with the replacement. Microsoft ships its SSD in a metal enclosure for protection, functioning additionally as a heat sink. It uses a small amount of thermal paste sandwiched between the drive and the casing. SSDs typically do not produce that much heat (compared to a CPU or GPU), so the benefit is likely minimal. Also, while the power consumption appears good in the file copy tests, the idle efficiency is a bit below average. And being DRAM-less, that also leaves me wondering whether there might be increased power draw on other parts of the system, like the system RAM or CPU, if those are getting utilized more, though that would probably be difficult to accurately test.

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The speculation here is that allocated space is used for Xbox Series X|S, and it can't be recovered. For this tutorial, I will re-use the metal enclosure and re-paste the thermal compound. Surface Pro X: Making a Windows 10 Recovery Drive Now that the new SSD is in place, you need to reinstall Windows 10. It is recommended to have Surface Pro X plugged in for AC power during this process. Please also note that the usable space for this drive is 867GB (rest of the space WD already allocated to overprovisioning so it is not accessible by the user. This is done to some extent on all SSDs). Some people mount the M.2 SSD directly, but it may rattle due to it being thinner without the enclosure. Users can add a shim to stop the rattle or put the new SSD into the old enclosure with (or without) adding the thermal paste.

c. Wijzig in een opdrachtvenster de map naar de locatie waar de bestanden zijn uitgepakt en voer de volgende opdracht uit: BG5_nonSED_11200105_MUP1.7.exe.Opmerking: als de knop Uitpakken is geselecteerd in plaats van Installeren, voert u de volgende stappen uit om de update te voltooien. The first reason is self-evident. You bought a Surface Pro X with 128 or 256GB of storage, and you want more. Maybe you want 512GB or even 1TB. c. Vanuit een opdrachtvenster wijzigt u de directory in de locatie waar de bestanden zijn uitgepakt en voert u de volgende opdracht uit: BG4_2230_nonSED_10410106_MUP.exe