Windows 10: How do I get Win 10 installed on a replacement hard drive

Discus and support How do I get Win 10 installed on a replacement hard drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; My Dell Inspiron laptop came with Windows 7 installed. It was subsequently upgraded to Windows 10 by Microsoft. The hard drive has now failed and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by SHAPratt, Jun 13, 2020.

  1. SHAPratt Win User

    How do I get Win 10 installed on a replacement hard drive


    My Dell Inspiron laptop came with Windows 7 installed. It was subsequently upgraded to Windows 10 by Microsoft. The hard drive has now failed and needs to be replaced. Is there a way to get Windows 10 on the replacement drive under the old license or do I need to buy a new license?

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    SHAPratt, Jun 13, 2020
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  2. LarrieM Win User

    Reinstalling Win 10 to a replacement hard drive

    I have an HP Pavilon desktop which I upgraded to WIN 10 from WIN 7. The hard drive is starting to fail with a BIOHD-8 error.Before the drive fails I would like to create a set of restore or recovery disks so I can buy a new one terabyte drive to replace
    the current 750 gig drive and reinstall the current version of Win 10. Will creating an ISO disk image work if I used a one terabyte external USB to create the image and then replaced the drive and copied the image back? I'd like to use a set of DVD to create
    an image or recovery drive so I wouldn't have to "waste" the external Hard drive. The steps in Control panel create a Windows System Repair Disk and a System Image but it says its for WIN 7. What am I missing? Seems that the system image created for DVDs (64
    bit) would occupy 14.37 gig or four DVDs.

    Help
     
    LarrieM, Jun 13, 2020
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  3. dhdude Win User
    Replacing old hard drive, need way to copy Windows installation across

    Hey Guys,
    What would be the best way of copying/imaging the entire contents of an old system drive over to a replacement hard disk for the same machine? I need to copy the Windows installations and all other data to the new drive, and then format the old drive to use as a backup.

    Any suggestions? *Smile How do I get Win 10 installed on a replacement hard drive :)
     
    dhdude, Jun 13, 2020
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  4. ram085 Win User

    How do I get Win 10 installed on a replacement hard drive

    Win 10 installation on blank hard drive

    My pc was updated to win 10 fom 8.1 I have no installation media or product code. I have to replace my hard drive. How can I install win 10 on my new drive?
     
    ram085, Jun 13, 2020
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