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You can clone the HDD contents onto the SSD, pretty much straight up copying everything.

Otherwise, the key isnt specific to the HDD. If you bought an OEM license, its restricted to mobo and CPU.

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Hey guys, I'm buying an SSD today and I would like to know if there is any way to transfer the windows installation on my HDD (installed less than a week ago) to the SSD without having to reinstall ? If not, will I have problem with my activation key since I activated Windows on the HDD (genius that I am). 

Thanks in advance

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You can clone the HDD contents onto the SSD, pretty much straight up copying everything.

Otherwise, the key isnt specific to the HDD. If you bought an OEM license, its restricted to mobo and CPU.

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1 minute ago, BbsMentos said:

 

with windows 10 not at all.

Just now, TeeTwo said:

 

no. he needs to clone the partition. some ssd (samsung) come with cloning software but you can get free stuff on the internet. google is your friend.

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5 minutes ago, TeeTwo said:

You can clone the HDD contents onto the SSD, pretty much straight up copying everything.

Otherwise, the key isnt specific to the HDD. If you bought an OEM license, its restricted to mobo and CPU.

Thanks ! What cloning software do you recommend ?

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1 minute ago, BbsMentos said:

Thanks ! What cloning software do you recommend ?

I have used AOMEI Backupper what ssd are you getting? Some of the ssds come with their own software like samsungs.

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1 minute ago, Samppa221 said:

I have used AOMEI Backupper what ssd are you getting? Some of the ssds come with their own software like samsungs.

I bought a Kingston UV400

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2 minutes ago, BbsMentos said:

I bought a Kingston UV400

Then you could try AOMEI Backupper 

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8 minutes ago, Samppa221 said:

Then you could try AOMEI Backupper 

One more question, will I have issues with the size of the drives ? I have windows installed on a 720GB partition and I bought a 240GB SSD 

 

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1 minute ago, BbsMentos said:

One more question, will I have issues with the size of the drives ? I have windows installed on a 720GB partition and I bought a 240GB SSD 

 

If you have less than 240gb of data on that partition it will work.

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