Well that’s easy then. Install the SSD, boot from your usb stick with your preferred Linux distribution. Install Linux to your nvme0 device (that’s your SSD) and let the installer format it in the recommended way.
Then after the installation reboot into your new Linux. If the old bootloader triggers instead, you need to change the boot order so that your SSD boots first.
Those who use AI to report to open source projects and flood the volunteering devs who keep the World going, should be disqualified from using those open source projects to begin with (even though thats not feasible)