It is possible with a little bit of work, you will have to set up grub to boot the SSD drive, there are a few how tos depending on your setup

I would honestly just back up my files and start over with a fresh new install. I have never been successful in copying everything over, especially not if you are planning on changing the file systems. I know you mentioned that you don’t really want to do that, but that’s my 2 cents

Trucker- oh nvm

Be the change you wish to see in the world

why? I understood it was just a temporary thing, not permanent.

Everyone is going through some growing pains right now, why not be gracious and let things progress as they need to? Or do you know something I don’t?