How to Upgrade an SSD Boot Drive and Keep My Setup?

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I am planning to replace my 256GB SSD in my new Windows 11 Home Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15IAU7, type 82RK, specifically Product # 82RK001CUS.

The slot is M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0x4 (accepts 2242 as well, which is the current drive's size).

I plan to use a 1TB Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD (SFYRS/1000G).

I have copied an image of the current drive to an external USB drive, and I have a recovery Windows flash drive for the Laptop already created.

The laptop also has a 1TB spinning HDD, so I could put a copy of the image there as well, if that would work better.

I have recovered images to the same hard drive before, but never to a new and different one.

Can I just swap the drives, and do this, as outlined below?

1. Start up the laptop attached to the USB flash drive
2. Use that to access the windows recovery options screen
3. Put the image from the external USB drive or internal storage HDD onto the new hard drive?

Can it actually be that simple (hopefully)?