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Old m.2 to new do I have to pay for activation?

salz
By salz
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I'm building a new PC tomorrow. I've looked at my options and I think windows is right for me but I don't really want to purchase a activation key if I don't have to.

 

I currently have a 250gb m.2 from a broken laptop that has a boot on it obviously but I've purchased a 1Tb m.2 and I want that to be my boot drive as it will be faster blah blah blah. I have a windows fresh install ready to go on a usb. so if It  comes to it i'll forgo the 250 but because I have it i thought I would use it anyway. 

 

My question is how do I run this so that it only boots from my 1Tb and how do I then delete the boot off the 250gb all without paying for an activation key. is that even possible?

 

 

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You don't need a new key. Just remove the old drive, and install Windows on the new one and use your existing key.

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key is stored on motherboard so as long you don't change that nothing else matters...

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