Windows 10: Clean install of windows 10 on SSD when upgraded from win 7

I upgraded to windows 10 for free from windows 7. I want to buy an ssd to replace my hard drive and perform a fresh, clean install. How do I install windows 10 on my ssd without having to purchase? Is it possible?

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Al

Have a HTPC running win 7 home on a SSD and would like to upgrade to win 10.

I had no like with the same upgrade from 7 to 10 on this PC - got stuck in upgrade and would not roll back. I had to clean install win 7 on to a hard drive and rebuild the drive and the install upgrade.

So can I clone the SSD to a hard drive and upgrade it?

 

Clean install Windows 10 via free upgrade from Windows 7

I currently have a Windows 7 Pro copy installed on my PC. I want to clean install Windows 10 on my PC but upgrade my HDD to an SSD in the process. So basically I want to put an SSD instead my HDD and simply clean install Windows 10 on it.

How can I get Windows 10 activation code if I clean install it on an SSD that doesn't have Windows 7 installed. Can I upgrade my Windows 7 activation key to a Windows 10 one? Or do I have to install Windows 7 on the SSD first and then upgrade to Windows
10?

But I don't want to upgrade, I want to clean install Windows 10 since I read that clean installing a nrew operating system is the best way to make sure that it works best with the hardware, and since Win 10 is much newer than Win 7 I want it to be clean
installed on my new SSD so it makes best use of it.

 

Welcome to Ten Forums Tizer *Smile

You simply do a clean install and windows will activate when you get online, just choose skip when it asks for a key during the install.

Once you`ve upgraded to W10 on your motherboard you have what is called a Digital License, which is stored on Microsoft`s servers.

Make sure you get your Network drivers before you start, you`ll need to install them before you can get online.

Windows 10 may have the drivers, it may not. Better to be safe then sorry.

Clean Install Windows 10 - Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

 

Yea with modern Windows, you don't need to do anything extra for SSDs.

 

Make sure you install the same version that is on it now. If its Home install Home, if its Pro install Pro. Install the wrong version and it won't activate.

 

Also, if you had Windows 10 Home before that does not mean to try to install Windows 10 Home Single Language. Single Language is a completely unique and different version than just plain regular Windows 10 Home.

 

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