Thank you for the input. I will try Easus, although my preference is not to install anything. This is why I'm using the Acronis bootable ISO, but I do not actually install Acronis even though I have purchased it for years - but only to get the bootable ISO to avoid installing software. I buy their least expensive option as I have no interest in cloud backup either. I'll let you know how it goes but right now I'm just copying my data drive to another m.2 drive which is a pretty fast thing with the exception of taking the drives back out. This does not work with my boot drive as copy will not get you a bootable windows drive.
