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Discus and support I experienced a hard drive failure on my win 10 pro laptop, and after resurrecting no... in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I replaced the hard drive with a 2Tb SSD, reinstalled the win 10 pro OS, and now trying to bring back all the apps I had grown to love, which includes... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by mitch8, Jun 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM.

  1. mitch8 Win User

    I experienced a hard drive failure on my win 10 pro laptop, and after resurrecting no...


    I replaced the hard drive with a 2Tb SSD, reinstalled the win 10 pro OS, and now trying to bring back all the apps I had grown to love, which includes MS Office, primarily Word and Excel. The laptop was new about 10 years ago. Can anyone point me in a direction to reinstall these two apps? I cannot remember if I obtained the apps from my MSDN account yeah, I'm old or not, or if Microsoft offered them to me for free...I know I did not pay for the apps nor did I subscribe to for them via Office. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.mitch

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  2. Windows 10 Pro License Transfer on hard drive failure

    Just to be certain:

    I had a desktop with a retail version of Win 10 Pro that experienced a hard drive failure. Obviously, I still have the USB drive and key. The old computer wasn't worth updating so I purchased a new computer that came with Win10 Home edition. I'd like to
    transfer that version over to Win10 Pro. Before I hose my new computer, I need to know 2 things:

    1. Is the license transferable? From what I see, the retail version seems to allow this but as the old hard drive is toast I can't uninstall or deactivate the other version of Win 10.

    2. Is this a link to show the procedure to do this?

    Thanx!
     
    RichZepernick, Jun 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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  3. Seagate External Hard Drive

    Hi Barbara,

    Hardware failure or corruption within your system files are some of the possible reasons why you are experiencing an issue with accessing your external hard drive. For us to provide an accurate solution, we would need you to answer the following questions:

    • Which build, version and edition of Windows 10?
    • Are you experiencing the same issue when you are trying to access the external hard drive using another PC?
    • What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

    In the meantime, we suggest running the automated troubleshooter for hardware. Follow these steps to do so:

    • Open the Control Panel.
    • Using the search box at the upper right corner of the window, type troubleshooting.
    • From the search results, click on Troubleshooting.
    • Click on Hardware and Sound and then choose Hardware and Devices.
    • Once done, restart your computer and then check if the same issue persists.

    We are looking forward to your response.
     
  4. I experienced a hard drive failure on my win 10 pro laptop, and after resurrecting no...

    Laptop withhard drive failure, how to upgrade to win 10 again?

    MS service is very bad!!!!!!!!!!! Laptop with upgraded win 10 hard drive failure, how to upgrade to win 10 which registed under my MS account? Thanks! Can or not?
     
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