How to reuse a HDD or SSD with Win 10 on it
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if you want to move a licence from one PC to another, follow this before and after moving it: Reactivating win 10 after new hardware
Safest way is to fresh install win 10 on new PC
download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB
change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
follow this guide: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html
when you reach screen asking for licence, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished
On the screen where you choose where to install win 10, if it gives you an error about GPT drives, delete all the partitions on the hdd and press next. If it still gives error, cancel out of the installer and restart PC and start installer again, it will accept next on that screen this time (some PC just need a restart here)
Safest way is to fresh install win 10 on new PC
download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB
change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, hdd second
boot from installer
follow this guide: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html
when you reach screen asking for licence, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished
On the screen where you choose where to install win 10, if it gives you an error about GPT drives, delete all the partitions on the hdd and press next. If it still gives error, cancel out of the installer and restart PC and start installer again, it will accept next on that screen this time (some PC just need a restart here)
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On the screen where you choose where to install win 10, if it gives you an error about GPT drives, delete all the partitions on the hdd and press next. If it still gives error, cancel out of the installer and restart PC and start installer again, it will accept next on that screen this time (some PC just need a restart here)
i dunno....sounds like "workaround" legal issue.
i dunno....sounds like "workaround" legal issue.
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that isn't a work around, its a solution to a problem. What the GPT error means is he is trying to install to an MBR partition scheme on a System that Win 10 recognises has a UEFI bios and can support GPT. win 10 defaults to GPT if your PC has an UEFI bios and as such the only solution is to delete all the partitions on PC and start from unallocated space.
I didn't make it up, see step 13 here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
I didn't make it up, see step 13 here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
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Not sketchy at all. This is a function specifically built by Microsoft.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html
Thanks for your comments, I will try that for sure.
In the command page I realized that it cannot recognize my HDD at all, HDD cannot be recognized in Bios as well , maybe it is because I wiped out everything with active@killdisk
I need to fix this in the first place , any solution for that? Thank you.
In the command page I realized that it cannot recognize my HDD at all, HDD cannot be recognized in Bios as well , maybe it is because I wiped out everything with active@killdisk
I need to fix this in the first place , any solution for that? Thank you.
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