u/No-Onion949

My current controller will not connect using usb in safe mode. I tried 25 old cables and none worked. Bluetooth works. Ok that’s fine. Ordered a new controller and it will be here in a few days.

In normal mode (not safe mode), I have my usb loaded with 9.0 normal firmware and the folder structure is perfect and it is detected and appears it can be flashed.

1. ⁠Everything I have read says that you have to be in safe mode, but it appears it will let me update in normal mode, but I wanted to check here first. Is that correct?
2. I am also updating to my 1 TB hdd to a 2 TB ssd. Should I use the normal 9.0 firmware or the 9.0 recovery firmware?

I am not worried about loss of data. This will be a fresh install.