Windows 10: transferring/installing Windows 10 in a smaller drive

Discus and support transferring/installing Windows 10 in a smaller drive in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hello everyone. I have a laptop with windows 10 in a 1 TB HDD. I just bought a 240GB SSD for the OS and important/frequent programs. The question... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/geninchuni, Dec 3, 2019.

  1. /U/GENINCHUNI
    /u/geninchuni Win User

    transferring/installing Windows 10 in a smaller drive


    Hello everyone. I have a laptop with windows 10 in a 1 TB HDD.



    I just bought a 240GB SSD for the OS and important/frequent programs. The question is, how do I transfer (only) my OS to the new drive without my programs losing the "links/references" to where the files are located.



    I was thinking as well in reinstalling windows as new and installing the programs again, I think this will make my pc even faster than just transferring my "old" OS. But where do I download Windows from and how do I keep my license? The license I got is from migrating from 8.1 to 10, and my 8.1 license came already installed when I bought my laptop so I don't have any physical code.



    Thanks in advance guys transferring/installing Windows 10 in a smaller drive :)

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    /u/geninchuni, Dec 3, 2019
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  2. THELOSTSWEDE
    TheLostSwede Win User

    Installing Windows 10 using Windows 7 key

    Nope, you need to install Windows 10 first and make sure the Windows 7 key is transferred to your Windows account after you've installed Windows 10 (not quite sure how that works). I missed the last step and I could not activate Windows 10 after a re-install... Microsoft seem to have done everything they can to make it a PITA. Also, it's technically too late to do this now anyhow, as the upgrade offer has expired. But KMSPico works quite well...

    As for getting rid of Windows, delete the Windows folder.
     
    TheLostSwede, Dec 3, 2019
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    Delta6326 Win User
    Delta6326, Dec 3, 2019
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  4. EXODUSPRIME1337
    exodusprime1337 Win User

    transferring/installing Windows 10 in a smaller drive

    windows xp installation and dual core am

    could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx
     
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