So I have an issue that I want to see if I can resolve without having to do a ton of manual labor, but this is a software issue, not a hardware question. I didn't see or know of a thread that dealt with those issues directly, so I figured I'd ask here.
I've had a used Surface Book Gen 1 for about two years now. It's done me very well; I don't know what I'd do without it. Not important. Anyway, I think one day the screen was turned on somehow while it was in its soft case, which was also in my bookbag while I was commuting. I hadn't used it afterwards for a while, but the next time I did, the screen was coming apart from the seams on the left-hand side. I think the battery was bloating. It still worked, even to this day. But I didn't know how long that would last, so I got another tablet/screen half for the Surface Book to replace it. It was an upgrade as well, going from an i5/256GB SSD/8GB RAM to i7/512GB SSD/16GB RAM. It works great with my older keyboard base.
My issue isn't hardware, though. I want to see how to clone the SSD on the old Surface Book and put it on the new one. I have TONS of programs and such that I just don't want to have to manually install everything. It would take a long time, especially finding the installation files. If it's possible/relatively painless, great! If not, then let me know.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.