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1 minute ago, NovaMan01 said:

Is there a preset to do this in CCleaner?

Windows 10 itself has a setting for removing everything back to a factory new setup, but if you are going to do all that just do a clean install to the SSD to start with, don't waste time cloning just to reset, plus a CLEAN INSTALL IS ALWAYS BETTER (and it will be FASTER, trust me I've cloned drives and I've done clean installs via a USB3 flash drive, the flash drive is FASTER then cloning).

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2 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

Windows 10 itself has a setting for removing everything back to a factory new setup, but if you are going to do all that just do a clean install to the SSD to start with, don't waste time cloning just to reset, plus a CLEAN INSTALL IS ALWAYS BETTER (and it will be FASTER, trust me I've cloned drives and I've done clean installs via a USB3 flash drive, the flash drive is FASTER then cloning).

Well what if i dont have a second copy of windows lying around

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Just now, NovaMan01 said:

So after i boot this in all i need to do is enter my email and get my key associated to my new pc?

if you have a license key that allows for use on multiple PC's then yes you can use a Microsoft Account with a linked key to activate. If you are trying to transfer your key from a store bought computer to another computer and thats why you wanted to clone the drive in the first place I don't think that will work, keys (unless they are specifically a multi use key) are locked to the motherboard of the PC, so even if you cloned the drive and moved it to another PC it would get deactivated, OEM Keys only work on ONE device.

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17 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

if you have a license key that allows for use on multiple PC's then yes you can use a Microsoft Account with a linked key to activate. If you are trying to transfer your key from a store bought computer to another computer and thats why you wanted to clone the drive in the first place I don't think that will work, keys (unless they are specifically a multi use key) are locked to the motherboard of the PC, so even if you cloned the drive and moved it to another PC it would get deactivated, OEM Keys only work on ONE device.

I upgraded to Win 10 from 7, so pretty sre not OEM

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59 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

I upgraded to Win 10 from 7, so pretty sre not OEM

what you can try is after you make the bootable USB using the old computer, shut it down and remove (or unplug) it's drive and plug in the SSD and install windows while plugged up to that computer, then activate it on that computer (should occur automatically once online, won't even need to type in the code) then move the SSD over to the other computer, but if the Windows 7 was a factory installed 7 (like came with the store bought computer) and not a key you specifically bought then I wouldn't count on it, some people have said they have done this but everything I've seen is that it won't work. Honestly tho it doesn't matter that much, all activating Windows 10 does is get rid of the water mark and unlock a few settings, my desktop has been running an unactivated copy of 10 for almost a year (built last september) and still works just fine, Windows 10 is not like other versions of windows, it will never lock you out of windows like old ones did after 30 days without activating.

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2 hours ago, Daniel644 said:

what you can try is after you make the bootable USB using the old computer, shut it down and remove (or unplug) it's drive and plug in the SSD and install windows while plugged up to that computer, then activate it on that computer (should occur automatically once online, won't even need to type in the code) then move the SSD over to the other computer, but if the Windows 7 was a factory installed 7 (like came with the store bought computer) and not a key you specifically bought then I wouldn't count on it, some people have said they have done this but everything I've seen is that it won't work. Honestly tho it doesn't matter that much, all activating Windows 10 does is get rid of the water mark and unlock a few settings, my desktop has been running an unactivated copy of 10 for almost a year (built last september) and still works just fine, Windows 10 is not like other versions of windows, it will never lock you out of windows like old ones did after 30 days without activating.

Well i think my pc went from OEM XP to Win 7 to free 10 so i should be fine hopefully

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9 hours ago, NovaMan01 said:

I am trying to copy my Windows 10 software over to my new SSD, but i want to leave all other files behind so i only have Windows 10. Any suggestions?

If it is samsung then you can use their data migration software. I would just look up a youtube video if not for how to do it, although not all are trusted methods and can corrupt your data, or even brick your ssd/hdd

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