Windows 10: can i simpy move my SSD with windows 10 pro on it from one motherboard to another

Hello I hope you can assist me PleaseI dont have a product key because Windows 10 pro was a free upgrade, so i have a digital entitlement, but can i use the Windows 10 generic key to activate Windows 10 pro on my New Motherboard ?so as far a i can tell i should not have to find or deactivate a product key before moving the SSD would that be correct ?will it work just moving the SSD over with windows 10 alredy pre installed or will I ineed to reinstall windows 10 from scratch and then use the generic key to activate or is this one of those cases where i am unable to move my current windows inst

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Moving SSD windows 10 pro to a new motherboard

Planning on upgrading CPu/GPU/RAM/motherboard but I hate reinstalling everything as my current set up of installed softwares are already optimal.

Any way i can move my SSD with the OS to the new motherboard without reinstalling? Windows 10 pro wasn't preinstalled, it was a windows 7 pro disc install then upgraded to windows 10 pro as this is a gaming HTPC. (8 years old now)

 

Windows 10 and upgrading motherboard

Hi,



Thank you for bringing up your query on Microsoft Community.



The only hardware changes that can negatively impact activation status once you upgrade to free version are the changes to the:

• CPU
• TPM
• Motherboard replacement

The following changes are examples of hardware changes that will NOT impact the activation status:

• HDD/SSD
• Video card
• Adding extra memory

Let us follow the steps suggested by Andre Da Costa (replied
on July 26, 2015) in the following thread:



Will Upgrading Motherboard After Upgrading To Windows 10 Make Me Lose My Windows License?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

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