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You may have to reactivate it, which depending on the type of license may or may not work (or even be allowed under your license)

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

You may have to reactivate it, which depending on the type of license may or may not work (or even be allowed under your license)

I dont have another copy of Windows to work with to reactivate the licnese. Will it just prompt me to if it doesnt work?

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Been there at least a quadruple times... 

 

If you get a crucial ssd, they usually put in a free activation code for a disk copy/imaging software. Used that the four times I did that and then swapped out the drives. Changed the boot order in the bios afterwards, and all was fine. (done with win 7 and win 10)

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Just now, Anghammarad said:

Been there at least a quadruple times... 

 

If you get a crucial ssd, they usually put in a free activation code for a disk copy/imaging software. Used that the four times I did that and then swapped out the drives. Changed the boot order in the bios afterwards, and all was fine. (done with win 7 and win 10)

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what if its Kingston

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I dont have another copy of Windows to work with to reactivate the licnese. Will it just prompt me to if it doesnt work?

You can use it unactivated with some restrictions so you shouldn't have to worry about being computerless in the worst case scenario.  It will ask you for a new key, or you can tell it that you just changed hardware if it is properly associated to your Microsoft account.

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2 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

I want to completely copy my HDD (which has a copy of Win 10) and transfer it to my SSD, then move the SSD into a new pc. Will this work? Will Windows 10 get angry at me?

link your Windows 10 license with your Microsoft account

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

 

After doing that, you can proceed cloning your HDD to SSD using either Macrium Reflect or EaseUS. Both are free.

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You can use it unactivated with some restrictions so you shouldn't have to worry about being computerless in the worst case scenario.  It will ask you for a new key, or you can tell it that you just changed hardware if it is properly associated to your Microsoft account.

So does this mean i have to deactivate my copy of Windows 10 on my current PC, then reactivate it on the copied files on the SSD?

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I didn't have to reactivate my win 10 installation after moving it from HDD to SSD. Just fire it up. 

 

If you already got you SSD and it didn't came with a cloning software, you'll need to get that. But I can't hint to a free version that works...

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1 minute ago, hey_yo_ said:

link your Windows 10 license with your Microsoft account

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

 

After doing that, you can proceed cloning your HDD to SSD using either Macrium Reflect or EaseUS. Both are free.

So if its already linked i just proceed in cloning?

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1 minute ago, NovaMan01 said:

So does this mean i have to deactivate my copy of Windows 10 on my current PC, then reactivate it on the copied files on the SSD?

No, you can just activate it on the new machine.  It will automatically remove the license from the old one

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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what if its Kingston

I dont know about Kingston but Samsung SSD got a transfer software to...

 

Just looked on kingston page look like they give you a software.

  https://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/consumer

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So does this mean i have to deactivate my copy of Windows 10 on my current PC, then reactivate it on the copied files on the SSD?

If you just swap the drives and everything else stays the same, nothing should happen. If it is telling you it needs a key to get activated, pop in the old HDD and get that installation code. (there are tools for that. I think Speccy shows it as well) And use it to activate the windows 10 with it.

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System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

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(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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1 minute ago, NovaMan01 said:

So if its already linked i just proceed in cloning?

Yup. Just make sure your copy of Windows is legit and you've created a separate backup of your files just in case the cloning process failed or was interrupted.

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No, you can just activate it on the new machine.  It will automatically remove the license from the old one

after i have copied all the files from the HDD onto the SSD? (sorry if i seem redundant i just want to be completely sure i dont break anything)

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1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

I didn't have to reactivate my win 10 installation after moving it from HDD to SSD. Just fire it up. 

He's switching PCs though too

1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

If you already got you SSD and it didn't came with a cloning software, you'll need to get that. But I can't hint to a free version that works...

https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html

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after i have copied all the files from the HDD onto the SSD? (sorry if i seem redundant i just want to be completely sure i dont break anything)

No, on the new machine.  Just switching drives shouldn't need anything to do with keys :) 

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

No, on the new machine.  Just switching drives shouldn't need anything to do with keys :) 

 

11 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

He's switching PCs though too

https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html

ok so i found Acronis, which is Kingstons official SSD software to clone HDDs. Will this work better or worse than EaseUS?

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ok so i found Acronis, which is Kingstons official SSD software to clone HDDs. Will this work better or worse than EaseUS?

I have no idea... either should work, but nothing is perfect and there is always a chance of having to reinstall to get rid of odd little bugs

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