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Im replacing my boot drive with an ssd. will I have to reinstall my os? or is there a way to clone my hard drive. (I will also be replacing my CPU if that makes a difference.)

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9 minutes ago, EslyteMedia said:

Im replacing my boot drive with an ssd. will I have to reinstall my os? or is there a way to clone my hard drive. (I will also be replacing my CPU if that makes a difference.)

What SSD did you buy? You can use the drive imaging software that's from the SSD manufacturer. 

(Samsung, Sandisk, Crutial, etc)

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You can clone it but if you don't have to, it's usually best to just reinstall.

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There are multiple tools to clone your disk, so you don't have to reinstall your OS. Only thing that might get a bit of an issue is space. If you are using (for example!) a 60 gb SSD, while you have 1 tb of data on your OS drive... It's hard to clone. (but I think there is software that will take only your OS, or parts of your HDD) Just google for free disk cloning software. I managed to clony my HDD to my SSD with free software.

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2 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

You can clone it but if you don't have to, it's usually best to just reinstall.

I don't believe I can reinstall with an OEM Windows 10 product key.

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2 hours ago, Brink2Three said:

What SSD did you buy? You can use the drive imaging software that's from the SSD manufacturer. 

(Samsung, Sandisk, Crutial, etc)

I plan on buying a PNY CS1311; 120 GB

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2 hours ago, GanstaKingofSA said:

What HDD do you use?

I have a four or five year old HGST 2.5 Inch hard drive that came with one of the first laptop's i've ever had. Still works great, but It's very slow. (Don't worry. I backup all my data daily.)

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5 minutes ago, EslyteMedia said:

I don't believe I can reinstall with an OEM Windows 10 product key.

Of course you can, no OS would ever be locked to a one time use, that'd be insane.  You can reinstall as much as you like on that one computer, you just can't move it to a different PC.

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On 3/14/2017 at 7:34 PM, Ryan_Vickers said:

Of course you can, no OS would ever be locked to a one time use, that'd be insane.  You can reinstall as much as you like on that one computer, you just can't move it to a different PC.

Even if I upgrade the computer?

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Just now, EslyteMedia said:

Even if I upgrade the computer?

Depends what you upgrade.  I think CPU and/or motherboard are known to cause troubles but simple things like HDDs, GPUs, etc. should be no problem.

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

Depends what you upgrade.  I think CPU and/or motherboard are known to cause troubles but simple things like HDDs, GPUs, etc. should be no problem.

I will be replacing my CPU

 

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Just now, EslyteMedia said:

I will be replacing my CPU

 

In that case make sure your Windows key is tied to your Microsoft Account so you can reactivate after reinstalling without too much trouble.

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3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

In that case make sure your Windows key is tied to your Microsoft Account so you can reactivate after reinstalling without too much trouble.

ok. Thanks!

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1 minute ago, EslyteMedia said:

ok. Thanks!

Actually if you're just changing CPU, you shouldn't even need to reinstall, but regardless my advise stands :) 

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