May 30, 2018 · I opened the XPS 13, replaced the NVMe SSD with the new one, and closed it back up. I plugged in the Restore Media I created in step 3, as well as the USB 3.0 external drive that had the internal drive clone (from step 2). I booted the XPS 13 and pressed the 'F12' key when the Dell logo appeared, to access the boot menu.