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Replacing 1TB HDD with 256GB ADATA SSD in Laptop: Windows Installation & Upgrade Process

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  • #1 16422041
    Louisi
    Level 8  
    Hello,

    For some time I plan to replace my old 1TB disk in a laptop with a 256GB disk by ADATA (exactly this one Disc ).

    Unless I have any problem with the data (I will transfer them to the cloud and other external media), the problem is the installation of windows.

    Since I bought a laptop, win 8 was installed on it, later updated to 8.1 and finally to 10, so:
    - if I do not have a windows key at the moment (probably the sticker has been torn off or it was missing), then how should I install windows on an SSD.
    - if it was originally windows 8 then I can do 10 again somehow?
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  • #2 16422071
    onepiotr
    Level 25  
    Read about system migration from HDD to SSD. Suppliers of SSDs attach the software thanks to which you can copy to the new disk the old system and after mounting everything blows without any interference.
    However, if you have to upload the system from scratch, I recently read somewhere about an application to extract a key from an installed system.
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    #3 16422108
    nowakjac
    Level 13  
    With the option of installing the system from the beginning:
    1. You can check the key with "Windows Product Key Viewer"
    2. You need to download the image 10 in the version you have installed, you can use "Windows iso downloader" for this program
  • #4 16422129
    Louisi
    Level 8  
    In general, I plan to install this windows with a pendrive (because I have usb 3.0), so it will be faster than from the disc (I think). Just like I say, I have to pull out the key somehow to primo first, and secondly to burn to a Windows flash drive ...
    Well, just what, because as I mentioned from the beginning of the laptop was win 8, and now there is 10 (only that I got a free update to 10 and from what I know when I do the format as in this case, I will not have 10 access unless I buy a new elevator.
    Is he right?
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  • #5 16422132
    Matuzalem
    Level 43  
    Please do not mislead the author.

    After replacing the disk, install on a new (SSD) Windows 10 - the image to download and the medium to create here: https://www.microsoft.com/pl-pl/software-download/windows10 - when and when you will be asked for the key please ignore it - choose "I don't have a key ...". After the installation and connection to the network are completed, the system will be activated using the data from your Microsoft account.
  • #6 16422149
    Louisi
    Level 8  
    But how? If I ignore the key prompt, I think he'll be a pirate?
  • #7 16422193
    onepiotr
    Level 25  
    LOUISIANA
    In the 3rd post you have the key to read. Save it and if it is a drak then you have it.
    Methuselah wrote you how to proceed. Also, if something goes wrong on the new disk, you can change to a different one (8 or 10) or make a clone and work with the current one.
    Read with understanding.
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  • #9 16423889
    Louisi
    Level 8  
    I read a little yesterday and came up with a new brilliant idea.
    I will not replace the HDD with SSD, I will only take out the CD / DVD and insert a special cradle into which the SSD will be inserted.
    I just don't know what to do next :D
    After connecting the disk, just make the format from the system position and choose where to install windows? Is that enough?
  • #10 16424876
    onepiotr
    Level 25  
    If you attach a disk, you will install a new system on it. At startup, the computer will ask you which Windows installation to run. You have 30 days to enter the license key.
  • #11 16425300
    Louisi
    Level 8  
    Ok, I already have a stand and I have an SSD mounted in the CD / DVD ROM slot.
    How do I install windows on the SSD now (there must be some file migration, otherwise 10 will not be on it, because after reinstallation I will lose 10).
    ???
    I just want to do it in such a way that, for example, one ssd disk is windows, programs and some games, and hdd are movies music photos.
    You will help?
  • #12 16425378
    ---trafopowielacz---
    Level 23  
    Just download instalke windows 10 and install. As mentioned above, skip the key prompt during installation because it will be entered by yourself when you start the system. Then click on activation and everything runs smoothly.
  • #13 16425396
    Louisi
    Level 8  
    Well, but as I said I have windows 10 which was 8 >> 8.1 >> finally 10.
    Apparently, when you do the format, you lose access to windows 10 and only 8 ewen. 8.1
  • #14 16425400
    ---trafopowielacz---
    Level 23  
    Keys from 8 and 8.1 operate normally from 10
  • #15 16425869
    Matuzalem
    Level 43  
    Louisi wrote:
    Well, but as I said I have windows 10 which was 8 >> 8.1 >> finally 10.
    Apparently, when you do the format, you lose access to windows 10 and only 8 ewen. 8.1



    Apparently, proper names should be written in capital letters, but as you can see only apparently and the same applies to those nonsense that you read / heard and disseminates somewhere.
    Loss of access maybe e.g. regarding the possibility of calling recovery (other than the factory placed image), not the right to use Windows 10.


    PS
    The first part of the sentence is an integral part of the statement and is an illustration of the facts, and not something to be attributed to 3.1.9 or / and 3.1.11.
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The discussion revolves around replacing a 1TB HDD with a 256GB ADATA SSD in a laptop and the associated Windows installation process. The user is concerned about the absence of a Windows product key after upgrading from Windows 8 to 10. Responses suggest using software to extract the key from the existing system or downloading a Windows 10 image and installing it without a key, as it can be activated later using a Microsoft account. There are also suggestions for installing Windows from a USB drive for efficiency and considerations for using the SSD alongside the existing HDD for storage management.
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