how to copy a HD to another if the CPU is freezing after a few GB?

how to copy a HD to another if the CPU is freezing after a few GB ? I had to copy w11 of a friend notebook from a 128GB nvme to a 1TB nvme. I put nvne128gb in a usb adapter and the nvme1TB inside the notebook. The only cost free and granted way to copy the hd was thu linux (that i use everyday). I boot it in a usb liveCD ubuntu 24.04. when I try to copy using gparted or dd, the pc freezes everytime around 15GB :( What is going on?