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MB is a gigabyte one. I'll do what I can to remove all the Intel stuff. I mean, if it comes to it, I can easily reinstall. My home partition is separate on its own drive, so a reinstall shouldn't be an issue aside from reinstalling my apps back.
You can use Timeshift to backup your apps + configuration and restore after install. Honestly it's what I would do if plug n' play doesn't work.
Already got that covered with snapshots. I didn't know I can restore those snapshots on another system. Is it an easy process? Like just move the time shift folders to the new system and restore from the app?
From what Timeshift tells me, yes. Just restore it on another system; however, I've never done it myself. I don't see how it wouldn't work though, as long as your not also switching distros.