Buying a comp with windows 10 installed, but reinstalling it to a ssd

sirmegallot

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Hello all! My first post in this community. I figured it was time to start learning about computers, it really doesn't seem too, too hard with all the resources and community support out there, so here goes.
So I recently purchased a cyberpower gaming pc (I know, I know, next time I will build from scratch) but based on opinion I will be swapping the power supply. Anyways, my question is this:
My build comes with a 7200 1 TB hd as the storage, but I have a 120 gb solid state lying around from another computer. Ideally I would want to reinstall windows 10 (which comes pre-installed on the computers 1 tb hd), will they provide a way to reinstall windows 10 with my machine? There is no optical drive, so I'm hoping they provide a usb drive with windows installation software? Or is it a one shot deal where it comes pre-installed on the provided hd and that's it? It's prob a dumb question but it'll be a day or two til the system arrives and I would want to know beforehand what I'll have to buy, etc. Thank you to anyone who responds, I really appreciate your help.
 
Solution
download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB

start PC as is, make sure its activated and set up with a windows user name linked to email.

when you ready to install win 10 on sssd, remove hdd as installer will see it and want to use it
put ssd in
change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, ssd second
boot from installer
follow this guide: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

when you reach the 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...

Colif

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download the Windows 10 media creation tool and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB

start PC as is, make sure its activated and set up with a windows user name linked to email.

when you ready to install win 10 on sssd, remove hdd as installer will see it and want to use it
put ssd in
change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, ssd second
boot from installer
follow this guide: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

when you reach the 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) - this will only happen if anything is already on ssd.
make sure pc boots from ssd a few times
put hdd back in and make sure its not added to boot order - you will want to wipe windows off this at some stage.
 
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