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Hi guys 

 

So my girlfriends PC has been having a freezing issue , i have managed to find out that the Seagate 1tb HDD is the cause

 

So we want to get a new SSD and a WD Green/Blue/Black 3tb hdd , but my question is how do we re-install her windows 10 onto her ssd ?

 

she used to have Windows 8.1 but upgraded to W10 , so how do we re-install from the HDD to the SSD 

 

im stumpt lol 

 

Thanks in advance :)

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Hi guys 

 

So my girlfriends PC has been having a freezing issue , i have managed to find out that the Seagate 1tb HDD is the cause

 

So we want to get a new SSD and a WD Green/Blue/Black 3tb hdd , but my question is how do we re-install her windows 10 onto her ssd ?

 

she used to have Windows 8.1 but upgraded to W10 , so how do we re-install from the HDD to the SSD 

 

im stumpt lol 

 

Thanks in advance :)

You could clone it. Idk which software would work thoug. I just used what came with my Samsung SSD.

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You could clone it. Idk which software would work thoug. I just used what came with my Samsung SSD.

she would have to get a 1tb ssd for that lol , she has ALOT of stuff she wants to keep :/

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Hi guys 

 

So my girlfriends PC has been having a freezing issue , i have managed to find out that the Seagate 1tb HDD is the cause

 

So we want to get a new SSD and a WD Green/Blue/Black 3tb hdd , but my question is how do we re-install her windows 10 onto her ssd ?

 

she used to have Windows 8.1 but upgraded to W10 , so how do we re-install from the HDD to the SSD 

 

im stumpt lol 

 

Thanks in advance :)

 

You can duplicate your OS to a new HDD or SDD. There's a few videos on YouTube that show you how to do this. 

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she would have to get a 1tb ssd for that lol , she has ALOT of stuff she wants to keep :/

Is the HDD completely full of stuff?

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Install the SSD, install Windows 10 on it with a flash drive, transfer all data from old HDD to new HDD. Done.

yes but can we use her existing windows 8.1/windows 10 key to install windows or would we need another key ?

 

You can duplicate your OS to a new HDD or SDD. There's a few videos on YouTube that show you how to do this. 

yeas but as i said befopre we would need a 1tb SSD for that and she hasnt got that kind of budget , her internet is complete crap so re-downloading all her games and stuff is a no no

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Is the HDD completely full of stuff?

close to it, 800gb used

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yes but can we use her existing windows 8.1/windows 10 key to install windows or would we need another key ?

 

yeas but as i said befopre we would need a 1tb SSD for that and she hasnt got that kind of budget , her internet is complete crap so re-downloading all her games and stuff is a no no

 

If she already has W10 activated, then it will activate as soon you as you finish installing and go online.

No key needed.

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You can duplicate your OS to a new HDD or SDD. There's a few videos on YouTube that show you how to do this. 

At least my software completely emptied the partition I clone.

 

 

Is the HDD completely full of stuff?

Oh wiat I forgot something. You can just clone partitions. You don't need to do the whole drive.

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At least my software completely emptied the partition I clone.

 

 

Oh wiat I forgot something. You can just clone partitions. You don't need to do the whole drive.

her drive doesnt have any partitions unfortunatley

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yes but can we use her existing windows 8.1/windows 10 key to install windows or would we need another key ?

Old one should be able to be reused if you just use it for te same PC to do a reinstallation. Will have to call MS to reenable the key for you. Just tell them what you aer doing and why you need the key and it will be fine.

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Old one should be able to be reused if you just use it for te same PC to do a reinstallation. Will have to call MS to reenable the key for you. Just tell them what you aer doing and why you need the key and it will be fine.

could we use an OEM key that we could buy for $20 from kinguin.net ? ( good wesite for keys lol )

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Dude, I just told you that if W10 is already activated, then you don't need to buy anything.

yes windows 10 is already activated but we want to re-install to another drive , without cloning , surely we would need another key for that ?

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yes windows 10 is already activated but we want to re-install to another drive , without cloning , surely we would need another key for that ?

 

No, since you aren't changing the motherboard. Trust me.. it's work fine if you are just changing and adding drives.

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No, since you aren't changing the motherboard. Trust me.. it's work fine if you are just changing and adding drives.

right so if we re-install on the new SSD with a windows 10 iso and skip the "enter key" part it will auto activate ?

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her drive doesnt have any partitions unfortunatley

If you don't have any external storage to store some of your necessary stuff I only have one idea left.

Idk how to do any of this exactly but my guess would be making a new partition and shifting Windows into it and then copying that. Honestly I have no Idea how to go about this. Might as well post another specific question about this single issue on the forum. Surely there willbe somebody omre competent than me to help you.

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