Windows 10: If i replace the only storage device on my pc do i have to buy a new windows 11 licence key?

or is there a way i can copy everything on the current SSD onto a external hard drive and then load that copy onto the new SSD?

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Latest Windows Update invalidated my key

There's no problem with what you bought. What you have listed suggests you used a hard drive from another system that already had Windows 10 installed. (as you don't list a new hard drive) That installation of Windows 10 needs a licence key to activate,
if you didn't buy a new licence to cover Windows 10 using the new motherboard there is a good chance that is why it now shows it is not activated.

A new motherboard = new device = new licence key. Unless you have purchased a retail licence key which can be transferred to a new device.

Do you have any other info about how Windows 10 was installed on the new PC.?

 

Two OEM licence keys (different Windows versions) on one PC

Hello,
I'm in the process of building another PC and I want to know if it's possible for two versions of Windows to reside next to each other legitimately. I would have windows 7 and 10 as a dual-boot system. So if I buy OEM keys and activate them would one de-activate the other? I know that OEM licence keys are bound to the mobo and are irrevocable. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

windows 11 licence key

Hello, i have some questions that i need to know.

1. if i keep Windows 11 more then 30 days, is it possible to remove the licence key?

2. if i keep Windows 11 less then 30 days and then remove the licence key, can it be recovered?

I dont know if i asked before but Windows 11 is something new and i wanna know!

greetings