Windows 10: Need to upgrade SSD to a larger SSD, how to move license over?

I have purchased an OEM laptop with Windows 10 pre-installed. The laptop packaging box or label on the back of the laptop did not have a Window 10 product key listed anywhere. However I've found the product key from command line like so which gives me a 25 digit key

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

I also used the following command to verify my Window 10 is indeed an OEM license and that it's genuine which gives me something like this https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.com/api/images/20e54e99-2fc8-4e0f-a015-77c41424c2f2?upload=true

slmgr.vbs /dlv

This laptop comes with a 256GB SSD and I need to upgrade it to a larger SSD, maybe 500GB or 1TB SSD. However I'm not clear about how the license is tied to this laptop and what happens if I upgrade to a new SSD?

1. I prefer to perform a fresh re-install from a bootable USB rather than clone. Will a clean re-install work with the same product key on the new SSD or do I have to clone the old SSD to the new SSD to retain the license?
2. Is the license tied to some sort of machine ID and not the SSD that even after changing the SSD, the same product key can still be used to activate Windows 10?
3. What if the activation does not work, will Microsoft be able to help? I don't want to risk changing the SSD if this sort of thing is not officially allowed by Microsoft

:)

 

Upgrading SSD

Hello,

I recently purchased a used laptop and the main drive does not have enough space to add stuff. It's a 29GB SSD Drive. I want to upgrade it to a larger drive. It's currently running windows 10 pro. I have made a recovery disk on my USB. When I removed the
old SSD and install a larger SSD is there anything i have to do or do i just attach the USB into the computer at start up and it'll upload the recovery to the new SSD?

 

Windows OEM Licensed - SSD Upgrade

Hi guys,

wanna ask, I just bought new laptop with Installed OEM Windows 10 SL inside,

Then I wanna replace my HDD into SSD *upgrade.

So can the OEM licensed used again in the new SSD ? or What should I do to transfer the OEM licensed from the HDD into new SSD, is it possible ? Thanks

 

Upgrade to larger ssd problem

I appreciate all the help, folks.

I probably didn't do the best method. I hooked the new SSD drive to USB, then cloned the boot disk from within the PC after booting. Seeing the recommendations, I see a better way to do that.

All this being said, I have pulled the bottom and find that the SSD 'drive' in the computer is actually a Sandisk 128GB stick:





The good news is that the 'new' ssd is not a new one, but one I pulled from my old laptop that I parted out. It is a good Samsung EVO drive.

So the computer has no CD/DVD. I presume my course of action should be:

• Get a 512 GB stick (actually what I pictured above)
• When it arrives, image backup the current boot drive
• make a recovery USB stick (I presume I can do that...maybe I should give it a try given my failure with the attempt I just made)
• Boot to the USB
• Restore to the new installed SSD card

Make sense?