Moving OS to new SSD
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Are you certain your going to be able to fit "games" and the OS on the ssd?
I would only have the OS installed on one. You will run into activation issues if you have it activated on both drives. It's going to think that your installing the OS on multiple machines.
I would only have the OS installed on one. You will run into activation issues if you have it activated on both drives. It's going to think that your installing the OS on multiple machines.
Let me ask a little more clearly. This is my plan. I need to get a bootable usb ready with windows ISO, backup my current HDD, Swap out the HDD for the SSD, Boot with USB, install Windows 8 on the SSD, move game files to SSD. But at this point i would want to reinstall my old HDD for the extra storage space. My concern is that the HDD is still formatted with windows 8.
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You shouldn't have issues.
Just have ONLY the ssd plugged in at the time you are installing the OS. You may or may not run into activation issues as stated above. If you do, simply call the # that MS provides (it will always show up if you can't activate) and explain to them that you installed an SSD and are only using the old hdd as storage that it is the same machine. They will give you a bunch of numbers to type in and it will activate.
Other then that tiny hiccup you should have no issues.
Just have ONLY the ssd plugged in at the time you are installing the OS. You may or may not run into activation issues as stated above. If you do, simply call the # that MS provides (it will always show up if you can't activate) and explain to them that you installed an SSD and are only using the old hdd as storage that it is the same machine. They will give you a bunch of numbers to type in and it will activate.
Other then that tiny hiccup you should have no issues.
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if you have another spare drive move all your games to it and ghost yourhdd to your ssd then format the hdd and move all unneeded stuff to your hdd. wont need to install again and everything will be the same as before. the problem is trying to cram stuff onto a 120 gb ssd, after all the updates etc youll have maybe 80gb free plus all the already installed programs etc
plus you wont need to call microsoft about getting a new reg key
plus you wont need to call microsoft about getting a new reg key
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sorry but if no hardware has changed no you will not. once you start throwing a new gpu, a different processor, different mobo it windows will pick it up as a different system and it will say its not activated
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