Windows 10: Cloning drive for new hardware - windows and office licences

Hello,My father-in-law's old computer is playing up and I have a spare desktop, about 4 years old, that I can use.My plan is to clone the hard drive onto a new SSD and put it into the new box. I want to keep everything looking the same as possible - he is very old and won't cope with change very well.The new box has a built in windows licence - i.e. if I put a blank drive in and install windows, it activates automatically.My questions:If I clone the hard drive, and put into the new machine, will it automatically activate windows 10 with the build in licence key?He has a version of MS Office in

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Cloned HDD to SSD where is my office licence?

Hi jb-655

What Microsoft Office licence do you have, is that Office 2016, 2019, or Office 365?

If any of the above licences, follow these steps to perform a full repair of your Office installation . . .

Open Control Panel - Programs and Features

Click Microsoft Office in the list of installed applications

At the top, click 'Change'

On the resulting dialog, click 'Repair' - choose the Online Repair, it is a comprehensive fix

That should fix any issues with your Office Installation . . .

 

Cloned HDD to SSD where is my office licence?

hi,

so I cloned my HDD to a SSD and for some reason Microsoft office licence isn't activated?

 

Moving to SSD. Clone or not to clone?

Part of how I keep my SSD fast is to clone it to a platter drive, then clone back. You just want to make sure that you are only cloning teh used space, and not the empty space.


So, again, I isntall Windows to the ssd. Clone to platter drive, then clone back.

I am not sure why, but if I do not do the clone step, the drive's speed, and windows booting, decreases substantially within a week or so.

I am using a Corsair F60 SSD and a Western Digital 500AAKS as drives, and using the free version of Acronis that WD provides, if any of that matters. I am not sure, at this point.