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How to activate windows 10 on your new ssd without a disc?

Arcamadi
By Arcamadi
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Hello, i have windows 10 activated on my current drive (ssd) and i am wondering how i can start using my new ssd if i decide to replace my old ssd WITHOUT cloning. I don't have my windows disc, but i DO have my windows key. Anyway to get my new ssd up and running with windows without a disc, or usb? 

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All you need to do is use the Windows 10 Media create tool and use it to make a bootable USB or DVD. Boot to this, install Windows and when it asks for a key hit skip and once it's in Windows and online it will reactivate from the key embedded in the bios

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Just now, ttam said:

All you need to do is use the Windows 10 Media create tool and use it to make a bootable USB or DVD. Boot to this, install Windows and when it asks for a key hit skip and once it's in Windows and online it will reactivate from the key embedded in the bios

Thank you! :)

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