If the laptop does not boot from the new M.2 SSD, then the method of resolving this should be by using the Acronis bootable Rescue Media and doing a restore of the full Disk backup from the HDD to the SSD. Alternatively, Please see KB 56634: Acronis True

If you use Acronis True Image 2017 or earlier version and you are going to do system disk cloning, we recommend that you do it using Acronis Bootable Media . Even when you start cloning in Windows, the computer may reboot into the Linux environment the sa

Acronis True Image is an integrated application that enables you to clone basic drives (both MBR and GPT) to other drives, even if the target drive is of a different capacity. For Acronis True Image 2017 or earlier, the cloning should be done from Acronis