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April 17th, 2018 05:00
save my Windows 10 after Upgrade
Hello ,
I have laptop inspiron 5558 , and I bought it with Windows 8.
in the lst time Microsoft made update for windows 10 , I have got this upgrade for free.
and now I want to upgrade my hard drive to ssd , there is a way that I can save my windows 10 after transfering to the ssd drive?
Thank you
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DELL-Jesse L
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April 17th, 2018 06:00
Technological123,
You will need to install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the drive as well as drivers. Since you already have Windows 10 installed and has been registered with Microsoft. To download Windows 10 you would use the Microsoft Media Creation Tool.
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April 17th, 2018 10:00
As mentioned above, since your system "claimed" a Windows 10 upgrade, it's now registered with Microsoft, which means that at any time you can reinstall Windows 10 from scratch (without having to install Windows 8 first) and it will reactivate just fine. So when you get your SSD, you can either install the SSD and then reinstall Windows 10 from scratch, or you can clone your current drive over to the SSD using appropriate software. Macrium Reflect Free is a popular choice for this purpose.