I'm trying to figure out, how I can clone the Kingston SSD on the HP, to the Kingston SSD on the Dell.
I now know it will overwrite the Kingston on the Dell, but I'm trying to figure out how to do it, with an external HD in the middle??
Clone or image to the external, from the HP, and somehow use the external to clone to the Dell??
Will that even work?
I'm trying to figure out a way I can bypass having to reinstall all my software, email, etc on the Dell.
You are effectively trying to put an HP installation into a Dell.
Not pretty, regardless of method, cloning, or imaging.
I understand you want to save time and not re-install stuff.
You could try Paragon Adaptive Restore. Paragon is a reliable software company and that program is designed to help with your type of case.
Likewise, I think certain paid versions of Macrium Reflect are supposed to be able to adapt to new hardware. Not the free version.
There of course is a learning curve as well as a fee for either of those products.
Assuming the cost is OK (guessing 50 to 100), you have to consider the learning curve and the possibility of failure regardless.
I'd guess it would take 5 to 10 hours for you to buy, install, learn, and properly operate Paragon Adaptive Restore or Macrium for your intended purpose.
There is some chance your attempt will fail and your time will be wasted and would have been better spent on doing a clean install onto the Dell and then reinstalling programs.
Only you can estimate the time required for a clean install and reinstallation of programs. A bare Windows install shouldn't take over an hour. Then you add probably several hours of updating. Then 5 or 50 hours of reinstalling and configuring applications.
Only you know your own skill or learning capability for new and relatively complex programs like Macrium and Paragon Adaptive Restore.
It's one thing to spend 5 hours with Paragon and succeed. It's another to spend 15 hours and ultimately fail.
It's anyone's guess what your actual results will be and there is no way to find out short of trying. Maybe you succeed rather easily. Maybe you spend too many hours and end up throwing your PC through a window.