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    We have upgraded our Windows 7 Pro installations to Windows 10 Pro 64 bit.

    We plant to buy and upgrade the existing HDDs to SSDs and wish to move the existing installation to SSD from HDD. 

    As the upgrade path is closed now and I do not want to go through the hassle of installing everything step-by-step from stratch, how can I move my existing Win10 installation to SSD with minimal hassle ?

    Thursday, August 4, 2016 11:02 AM

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    A couple of things. First, regarding the license key, you should not need it. MS has changed the way licensing is done. It is now linked to your MS account. You should not have the same old and frequent problem with upgrades loosing the license. However, I believe Win10 will accept the Win7 key now. That was a recent change. You can also use the venerable program Produkey, found with Google, to collect and print out your keys.

    My second point regards using backup and restore to do the transfer to an SSD. This is the method that I have used successfully many times. It works well with one caveat. Most times the SSD will not initially boot. Before you start this whole process use the Microsoft installation utility ( also easily found with Google) and make a Win 10 install disk. Once the transfer to the SSD is complete, use this disk to boot and run boot repair. It will repair the SSD install literally in a couple of seconds. I have had to do this repair step every time. I think the MBR has to be pointed at the Win10 file system on the new SSD. Good luck. It should work.

    P. S. If you use this method, the SSD must be larger than the old drive. If you bought a smaller SSD you will need to use a program like Acronis that will adjust the partition size.
      all other steps are unchanged.

    Saturday, August 13, 2016 2:40 PM

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    Sure you can transfer this. I have done a few myself. Make sure the SSD you buy has some kind of software to transfer from HDD to SSD and you should be fine. 
    Thursday, August 4, 2016 2:10 PM
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    Hi WiseguyTR,

    The main issue is to replace the hdd with SSD, right?

    We could make an image backup then restore the image to the new ssd.
    Here is a video for reference:
    Restoring your PC after a hard drive failure (It is applied to Windows 10)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVT4XQcB1A

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    Friday, August 5, 2016 3:08 AM
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    Hi,

    How about the issue, is there anything to update?

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    Wednesday, August 10, 2016 2:41 AM
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    Its an OEM product and there was no transfer software with it. 


    Saturday, August 13, 2016 2:12 PM
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    Hi WiseguyTR,

    The main issue is to replace the hdd with SSD, right?

    We could make an image backup then restore the image to the new ssd.
    Here is a video for reference:
    Restoring your PC after a hard drive failure (It is applied to Windows 10)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVT4XQcB1A

    NOTE: This response contains a reference to a third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and has not tested any software or information found on these sites.

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    I had performed same kind of transfer on Windows 7 at the time and after the transfer I Windows 7 license got deactivated and asked for license key. Luckily as I had the license key, I re-activated it. But as this is a "free upgrade" I have no key in my posession. 

    What can be done in this instance ? 

    Saturday, August 13, 2016 2:15 PM
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    A couple of things. First, regarding the license key, you should not need it. MS has changed the way licensing is done. It is now linked to your MS account. You should not have the same old and frequent problem with upgrades loosing the license. However, I believe Win10 will accept the Win7 key now. That was a recent change. You can also use the venerable program Produkey, found with Google, to collect and print out your keys.

    My second point regards using backup and restore to do the transfer to an SSD. This is the method that I have used successfully many times. It works well with one caveat. Most times the SSD will not initially boot. Before you start this whole process use the Microsoft installation utility ( also easily found with Google) and make a Win 10 install disk. Once the transfer to the SSD is complete, use this disk to boot and run boot repair. It will repair the SSD install literally in a couple of seconds. I have had to do this repair step every time. I think the MBR has to be pointed at the Win10 file system on the new SSD. Good luck. It should work.

    P. S. If you use this method, the SSD must be larger than the old drive. If you bought a smaller SSD you will need to use a program like Acronis that will adjust the partition size.
      all other steps are unchanged.

    Saturday, August 13, 2016 2:40 PM