Windows 10: How do I reactivate Windows 10 Pro after I changed my Laptops SSD drive?

Discus and support How do I reactivate Windows 10 Pro after I changed my Laptops SSD drive? in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; I upgraded my SSD drive to a higher storage one but then when I boot up, Windows 10 Pro says it is not activated... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by JohnTungul, Dec 14, 2020.

  1. JOHNTUNGUL
    JohnTungul Win User

    How do I reactivate Windows 10 Pro after I changed my Laptops SSD drive?


    I upgraded my SSD drive to a higher storage one but then when I boot up, Windows 10 Pro says it is not activated

    :)
     
    JohnTungul, Dec 14, 2020
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  2. MICKEY53USA
    Mickey53usa Win User

    Motherboard change unable to reactivate Windows 10 Pro -

    I have searched this topic and everything seems to be almost a year old. This is a homebuilt machine circa 2015. It started with an ASUS FM2+ motherboard with an AMD A5600K processor. It was Windows 7 Pro, upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro then to Windows 10 Pro.
    Saturday the motherboard died. An exact replacement could not be located so a Gigabyte card was installed. No changes to the hard drives. Booted the machine and Windows automatically started and then did a "revert" then installed the latest updates. C Drive was in the red so I deleted all of the old install files using Windows Clean-up. Went to reactivate, checked the significant hardware change and entered my MS account information - The computer (none of my computers) were listed and now it is telling me that I have to spend $200 to buy a copy of Windows 10 Pro.
    Have not yet called Customer Support as the computer is at home and I work during the day -
    I do have a disk image or two that may be a year old -

    Suggestions - should I just shell out the $200 and move on

    TIA
     
    Mickey53usa, Dec 14, 2020
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  3. CEREBERUS
    cereberus Win User
    Motherboard change unable to reactivate Windows 10 Pro -

    Activate using windows 7 pro key.
     
    cereberus, Dec 14, 2020
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  4. DENISZAIKIN
    DenisZaikin Win User

    How do I reactivate Windows 10 Pro after I changed my Laptops SSD drive?

    activating windows 10 pro in s mode after changing hardware.

    Hi

    I'd a laptop with windows 10 pro installed on my ssd drive. Recently I sold this laptop but without my ssd.

    I've bought a new laptop with pre installed windows 10 home in s mode. What I did: I replaced factory ssd (with windows 10 in s mode) with my ssd where installed windows 10 pro.

    Laptop boot fine but windows is not activated and now my windows 10 pro runs in S mode.

    I can do nothing with my new laptop. Activation isn't working!

    Activation detects that my hardware is changed, I ran troubleshooter, trying to activate windows on new hardware but get no luck.

    "We can't reactivate windows on this device. Try again later."

    I don't want to reinstall windows!

    Any suggestions?
     
    DenisZaikin, Dec 14, 2020
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