Windows 10: Moving from a HDD to an SDD. How to reinstall my current Windows OS without paying again

My daughter has an older laptop and buying a new one is not an option. She needs to upgrade the drive from an HDD drive to an SSD drive. This is a legal copy of Windows in an HP laptop. The laptop is too old to run Windows 11. She needs to stay on Win 10. Yes, I know Win 10 is EOL and security updates are ending. But she doesn't want me to put Linux on the unit. However, Since Micrsoft isn't selling Win 10 even though she has a legal copy of it now anyway, if I can't find a way to move her over to Win 10 on the SSD, she will get Linux, as it will be her only option moving forward. I don't wa

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SDD and a HDD windows 10

I have Windows 10 installed on a 525gb SDD. I have a 1tb HDD that I'm using for my data. I've been reading a lot of conflicting tweaks to use on the SDD. Help!

1. Should I eliminate the swap on the SDD? I do a have a windows managed swap file on the HDD.

2. Should I turn off indexing on the SDD?

3. Should I turn off system restore on the SDD?

Most of the articles I've been reading have been a couple of years old. I know that the current SDDs are better but do these same tweaks apply now?

Any info and suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks

 

window10 from HDD move to 2.5 SDD.

Do I need new product key if I move a window from HDD to SDD 2.5.

 

HDD to SDD OS transfer

I am trying to clone (or even image) my 1TB-HDD to a Kingston 120GB-SDD. Space is not issue as I'm only using 70GB on the HDD. My problem is sector size. My HDD sectors are 512 (not 512e) and the SDD sectors are 4096. I'm also unable to use my system image/backup
because it is on a HDD with the same sector size (512). I've tried a number of cloning programs, including Macrium Reflect, with no success. Is there a way around this?