Windows 10: Device ID and Serial Number After Clean Windows 11 Install

Does the serial number and/or device ID change on a Windows 10 laptop in any way when doing a clean install of Windows 11? I bought a laptop online and put a clean install of Windows 11 on it. Turned out to be defective, so I reinstalled a clean Windows 10 back on the device. Now there's a claim that the serial number and device ID don't match, even though it's definitely the same laptop. I'm just wondering if I inadvertently changed these when changing the operating system.

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Windows 10 serial on OEM


So I'll summarize steps made...

1. Saved serial number (taken with Belarc Advisory) from preinstalled (half chinese language) Windows 8.1 (don't know exactly the version, suspect Windows 8.1 with bing) on tablet
2. Formatted tablet
3. Tried to make a clean Windows 10 (HOME, HOME N and also PRO, everytime with the same result) install with ISO taken with MediaCreationTool, during install (and also after completing installation) it says that the saved serial is not valid
4. Tried to reinstall Windows 8.1 (ISO taken with MediaCreationTool again) HOME, it says that the serial is not valid

So i suspect that the saved serial, is from a WINDOWS 8.1 WITH BING OEM version and this kind of ISO is not accessible/downloadable anywhere (at least I can't find it, any suggestion?)

Still not tried SHOWKEY with that serial, I am in office now, and the serial is saved on a usb pen at home, will try this evening.

So I'm stucked but if everything is like I suspect, it's incredible. If I have a tablet/notebook/netbook with Windows 8 preinstalled, it seems that I can update to Windows 10 without problems, but if I want to make a clean Windows 10 install that serial is not valid...

 

Clean installing Windows 10, how to switch serial number?

After more than 60 failed attempts at updating to MS' Creator's Studio Fall edition (1709), by every way suggested out there I've decided to do a clean install, however inconvenient, arduous, time consuming, expensive (had to buy an HDD) and absurd (my
Windows 10 was working alright until this pesky update came around). Now, my question is: how do I transfer the serial number from my actual Windows 10, to the one I intend to install?

My plan is to take out my actual HDD that holds the operating system, install the new one and download the new Windows 10 (with the Creators Studio 1709 update) for the clean install. Afterwards, would I have to reinstall the "old" HDD to de-activate the
serial number to then activate it in the new installation?