Hi,
what exactly license do you have and how did you obtain it?
Please show Activation page of Settings.
Did you try to re-enter your product key?
Unable to activate windows after installation on new hard disk
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corey hewey
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I had a hard disk disappear from windows and bios after my pc crashed during drive decryption so i could reinstall windows 11 on my drive. I installed windows 11 pro on another drive I had, however I cannot activate windows now. I have a legit product key.
I tried the troubleshooter and going to the option I recently changed hardware, logged in and this is what it told me.
How can I resolve this. I am not wasting money on a windows key when I already have one.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
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Igor Leyko 110.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor2026-02-09T20:21:15.1666667+00:00