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Installing windows 10 on a new SSD

Anonymous
2021-08-20T15:54:45+00:00

So, the current computer I have has a slow hard drive, and it has windows to installed on it.

We have bought a new SSD and put it in the computer.
The question is - how do I install windows 10 on the SSD and not the HDD? I have tried googling, but I need a usb flash drive with more than 8gb. I have one which has less than 8gb, so is there any way to reinstall windows on another hard drive without the flash drive?

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  1. DaveM121 883.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-08-20T16:28:17+00:00

    Hi Evaldas,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    You can reinstall Windows 10 at any time and it will not cost you anything !

    An 8Gb flash drive will show as approx. 7.64GB and that will be plenty to create the bootable USB, you cannot use a 4GB flash drive.

    You should temporarily disconnect the HDD when you are installing Windows 10 on the new SSD, to ensure the boot partition is created successfully on the SSD.

    Click this link:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...

    to download the Media Creation Tool (Click on Download Tool Now), with that you can download the latest Windows 10 ISO (Select Create Installation Media for Another PC), you can create a bootable USB flash drive (min 8GB) using that tool

    Then, Boot your PC from the Installation Media you just created (change Boot Order in your BIOS) to begin installing Windows 10

    Since you previously had Windows 10 installed and activated on that PC during the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 10 on this PC', and activation will not be an issue, your PC will have a digital entitlement stored on the Microsoft Activation Servers

    Make sure you install the same Edition of Windows 10 (Home, Pro... etc.) you previously had installed to avoid Activation issues

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