Windows 10 SSD help.

[JoshPanda]

Hi there! My name is Josh and I will soon get an SSD to put in my PC. I have windows 10 pro on my regular HDD at the moment and I need to know how I would move windows 10 to the SSD. I got windows 10 because I had an old PC and I used the hard drive from that one.

[007agentHP]

okay, so use a program called produkey and get the windows 10 key

 

then get a USB ready as a windows 10 installer from the windows media creation tool

 

install to the ssd via the usb and type in the key you got from produkey

[JoshPanda]

Ok so after I get the product key, how do I get the USB ready for the installation? And how would I then go to install it? 

[007agentHP]

1 minute ago, JoshPanda said:

Ok so after I get the product key, how do I get the USB ready for the installation? And how would I then go to install it? 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/

 

grab the windows media creation tool and it will walk you through creating a windows 10 installer to USB

 

and then you hit the button on startup that says "boot options" or "boot drives" that appear for a few seconds in the lower right corner

then from there, select the USB drive and go ahead through the installation

[JoshPanda]

Where is this "boot options" and what will happen to my windows 10 files from this Hard Drive? and the installation on this hard drive?

[Nostalgia_Realm]

16 minutes ago, 007agentHP said:

okay, so use a program called produkey and get the windows 10 key

 

then get a USB ready as a windows 10 installer from the windows media creation tool

 

install to the ssd via the usb and type in the key you got from produkey

You will get a generic product key that way. There is no "key" if you've upgraded to Windows 10 anywhere to be found. You can just reinstall Windows 10 without the key and it will reinstall automatically.

[007agentHP]

Just now, MSWindowsinside said:

You will get a generic product key that way. There is no "key" if you've upgraded to Windows 10 anywhere to be found. You can just reinstall Windows 10 without the key and it will reinstall automatically.

not true.

i've done this myself and it works

you get an actual key you can use

 

[Nostalgia_Realm]

Just now, 007agentHP said:

not true.

i've done this myself and it works

you get an actual key you can use

 

Go educate yourself, you are very misinformed. 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2970075/windows/why-you-cant-find-your-product-key-after-upgrading-to-windows-10.html

 

 

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7745-product-key-view-windows-10-a.html

If you upgraded to the free upgrade of Windows 10 from an activated Windows 7 or 8.1 PC, then you will not have a product key. Instead, the PC gets registered on Microsoft activation servers with a digital entitlement that will always be used to activate Windows 10 on that PC.

 

Once you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 using the free upgrade offer or Media Creation Tool on an activated Windows 7 or 8.1 PC, you will be able to reinstall, including a clean install, on the same device. You won’t need a product key for re-activations on the same hardware. If you make a meaningful change to your hardware, you may need to contact customer support to help with activation. You’ll also be able to create your own installation media like a USB drive or DVD, and use that to upgrade your device or reinstall after you’ve upgraded.

[007agentHP]

7 minutes ago, MSWindowsinside said:

Go educate yourself, you are very misinformed. 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2970075/windows/why-you-cant-find-your-product-key-after-upgrading-to-windows-10.html

 

 

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7745-product-key-view-windows-10-a.html

If you upgraded to the free upgrade of Windows 10 from an activated Windows 7 or 8.1 PC, then you will not have a product key. Instead, the PC gets registered on Microsoft activation servers with a digital entitlement that will always be used to activate Windows 10 on that PC.

 

Once you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 using the free upgrade offer or Media Creation Tool on an activated Windows 7 or 8.1 PC, you will be able to reinstall, including a clean install, on the same device. You won’t need a product key for re-activations on the same hardware. If you make a meaningful change to your hardware, you may need to contact customer support to help with activation. You’ll also be able to create your own installation media like a USB drive or DVD, and use that to upgrade your device or reinstall after you’ve upgraded.

and you need to educate yourself as Produkey actually gives you a proper windows 10 key

i've done 3 installations with the key they have given me and they all have worked and no issues. 

 

Note: the 3rd Column states PRODUCT KEY

it gives you your Product Key not a generic one

[JoshPanda]

I got the correct product key that used since it has the same ending. But I am now confused to which path to take... please tell me the correct path ;(

[007agentHP]

14 minutes ago, JoshPanda said:

I got the correct product key that used since it has the same ending. But I am now confused to which path to take... please tell me the correct path ;(

regardless they both end the same 

 

install and put in product key will activate it immediately

 

install without it and hope it auto activates and if it doesnt, just use the product key to activate it after windows has been installed

 

2 paths to the same end

[JoshPanda]

Yeah. So once I have the USB installer setup. Then what next? 

[007agentHP]

6 minutes ago, JoshPanda said:

Yeah. So once I have the USB installer setup. Then what next? 

as ive said before

 

plug usb drive into your computer

shut it down

unplug hard drive

plug in ssd

start up computer pay attention during the first few seconds as the company logo comes up because in the bottom right should be some text that says "boot options" or something similar, click that key and select the usb drive from the list that comes up

 

and your in

[JoshPanda]

Okay Thanks! So my files will be saved and what will happen to the old windows file + installation? Will it just go?

[Nostalgia_Realm]

3 hours ago, 007agentHP said:

and you need to educate yourself as Produkey actually gives you a proper windows 10 key

i've done 3 installations with the key they have given me and they all have worked and no issues. 

 

Note: the 3rd Column states PRODUCT KEY

it gives you your Product Key not a generic one

You CAN use the key, but it doesn't do jackshit. Please READ the things, it will NOT activate because you put the generic key in, which you didn't have to blur because I have the exact same key as you. But it will activate whenever you have an INTERNET CONNECTION after reinstallation. Microsoft stores your "key" on their servers, you will never see that "key". It's just an ID with which Microsoft can indentify your hardware.

[NumLock21]

5 hours ago, JoshPanda said:

Hi there! My name is Josh and I will soon get an SSD to put in my PC. I have windows 10 pro on my regular HDD at the moment and I need to know how I would move windows 10 to the SSD. I got windows 10 because I had an old PC and I used the hard drive from that one.

Some SSD comes with a transfer software that let's you clone the entire drive. It can only be clone, when the SSD is larger than total used or entire space on the HDD.

 

 

[007agentHP]

2 hours ago, MSWindowsinside said:

You CAN use the key, but it doesn't do jackshit. Please READ the things, it will NOT activate because you put the generic key in, which you didn't have to blur because I have the exact same key as you. But it will activate whenever you have an INTERNET CONNECTION after reinstallation. Microsoft stores your "key" on their servers, you will never see that "key". It's just an ID with which Microsoft can indentify your hardware.

there is a key listed there.

if we have the same generic key, then what is it?

 

because i have used this key and has always worked in activations

[JoshPanda]

10 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Some SSD comes with a transfer software that let's you clone the entire drive. It can only be clone, when the SSD is larger than total used or entire space on the HDD.

 

 

 

Yes but I don't want to clone my entire HDD to my SSD. The SSD is 240GB (Samsung Evo) and I have used 500GB on my HDD. I just want to put windows 10 on the SSD for the moment.

[NumLock21]

9 hours ago, JoshPanda said:

Yes but I don't want to clone my entire HDD to my SSD. The SSD is 240GB (Samsung Evo) and I have used 500GB on my HDD. I just want to put windows 10 on the SSD for the moment.

Just do a clean install on the SSD.

[Ingrid_W]

Why don't you just clone the Windows 10 OS to the SSD? You will use the SSD in the same PC that HDD used to be, won't you? Install the SSD, clone system using one cloning tool, change boot settings or remove the old HDD to test if the new SSD can boot. Regards.