Windows 10: Can I reinstall windows on different drive using same product key?

Hi! I want to upgrade from a mechanical hdd to an nvme and install windows on that one. this hard drive will be formatted. can i use my product key on that drive given that the current one will not contain it anymore?

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I confirmed this, although it listed a different product key than the one given for my copy of XP. 0.o

 

Different Product Keys

Hi Ikkena

The product key that Powershell command returned is the correct product key

However, you will never need it, Windows 10 licencing is totally different to previous versions of Windows. When you initially activated Windows on your PC a unique identifier for your PC was generated form your hardware and that is stored on the Microsoft
Activation Servers in the form of a digital entitlement for your PC to run Windows 10.

If you check your Activation (Settings - Update and Security - Activation) you will see that Windows 10 is activated with a digital licence

Should you ever need to re-install Windows 10 in the future, 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

 

Different Product Keys

I am trying to determine the product key for system incase I need to reinstall windows. I have a windows 10 install along with a product key I used to activate windows. However when I run this command in powershell "wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get
OA3xOriginalProductKey" I get a different product key. Which of these keys is the correct product keys is the correct key I should record?