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Mrflyingdonut
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i have a desktop i bought a year ago and want to upgrade to an ssd. i want to buy this one . i was wondering, does it matter that it says  "ssd for laptops".

The copy i have of windows came with my pc, does that matter when upgrading it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-840-evo-120gb-internal-serial-ata-iii-solid-state-drive-for-laptops-multi/2001001.p?id=1219068207917&skuId=2001001

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No, it doesn't matter. As long as they're 2.5" or M.2 or mSATA, you'll be fine.

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i have a desktop i bought a year ago and want to upgrade to an ssd. i want to buy this one . i was wondering, does it matter that it says "ssd for laptops".

The copy i have of windows came with my pc, does that matter when upgrading it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-840-evo-120gb-internal-serial-ata-iii-solid-state-drive-for-laptops-multi/2001001.p?id=1219068207917&skuId=2001001

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gotta love best buy for their horrible description of a great desktop ssd. Yes. It'll work.

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If i re-install how would i activate windows without the product key?

How did you get windows? I'd hunt that key down or attempt a clone instead. Edit: if your pc came with a recovery cd you might get lucky and the key might be embedded in the reinstall (way it worked on my old dell win7)

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its the version that came on the pc

There should be some key sticker on the PC itself.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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i just looked on  and in it and can't find a sticker with the key

There should be a Sticker of Authenticity. Every OEM PC that gets shipped out usually has a sticker like this

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this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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Might be hard to believe, but i just checked the whole pc twice and there was no sticker with it on it.

There should be a Sticker of Authenticity. Every OEM PC that gets shipped out usually has a sticker like this

he's right. Doesn't show anywhere on that model. From what I gather, you either have a recovery cd or the recovery is on the pc itself. You might have to call asus support for the product key.

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he's right. Doesn't show anywhere on that model. From what I gather, you either have a recovery cd or the recovery is on the pc itself. You might have to call asus support for the product key.

ok i just did some reading, with windows 8 there is no sticker with a key to type in. on a machine that came with Windows 8, the installation process automatically grabs the software product key from the motherboard BIOS with no input from the user

 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/how-to-retrieve-my-lost-product-key-for-windows-8/38811ba0-3955-4b51-9177-061695400a91

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ok i just did some reading, with windows 8 there is no sticker with a key to type in. on a machine that came with Windows 8, the installation process automatically grabs the software product key from the motherboard BIOS with no input from the user

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/how-to-retrieve-my-lost-product-key-for-windows-8/38811ba0-3955-4b51-9177-061695400a91

damn. Even I didn't know that lol. Nice to know. Now he just needs to make a recovery media from windows 8 to reinstall with.

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If i re-install how would i activate windows without the product key?

 

I bought the 1tb version for my laptop and used their Samsung Data Migration Software to just clone the drive my laptop came with over to the ssd and it worked perfect without a hitch.

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