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Changing W10 OS drive

Nexxus
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got a new SSD, I wasnt wanting to clone the drive over and just do a fresh Windows 10 install, what would be the best way to go about this, is there going to be windows activation issues? I havent done this operation on W10 before, if I change my video card at the same time as I put the new SSD in will it be more likely to cause issues with activation? Should I install windows with my current card, activate, shut down and then swap cards?

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https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

It will activate itself, you don't need to do anything.

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8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Just put windows 10 installer on a usb and then boot from it. In unplug all other drives when doing this.

 

How is windows activated on your system?

Dunno what you mean by "how" it was a windows 8.1 upgrade and ive reformated before and changed hardware and reactivated it fine, just never while changing anything more than 1 hardware component and never on a new storage device than it was on before. 

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2 minutes ago, Nexxus said:

Dunno what you mean by "how" it was a windows 8.1 upgrade and ive reformated before and changed hardware and reactivated it fine, just never while changing anything more than 1 hardware component and never on a new storage device than it was on before. 

The only component change that will deactivate your windows copy is the motherboard.

If you ever need to change your motherboard then just do this https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

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