Windows 10: What happens if I use my W10 SSD on a new PC? (W10 Ver 2004.)

Discus and support What happens if I use my W10 SSD on a new PC? (W10 Ver 2004.) in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I built my PC out of parts in 2008, and it's now showing its age. I bought W10 about 18 months ago from a PC store. It was on DVD, and I'm 99% sure... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by W10User123, Aug 24, 2020.

  1. W10USER123
    W10User123 Win User

    What happens if I use my W10 SSD on a new PC? (W10 Ver 2004.)


    I built my PC out of parts in 2008, and it's now showing its age.
    I bought W10 about 18 months ago from a PC store. It was on DVD, and I'm 99% sure it's an OEM disc. (I can't find it atm to double-check.)
    It is 64-bit, home edition.
    If I change my PC to a new one, can I plug in my W10 SSD, and hope it will boot up and work correctly?
    (Naturally, I will have to correct peripheral driver issues.)
    Or will it refuse to run on new hardware because of a W10 licensing problem?
    Perhaps it will run, but I won't be able to download any current/future updates to the W10 OS?
    (I am using W10 Ver 2004.)
    Thanks a lot for any advice. I appreciate it.

    :)
     
    W10User123, Aug 24, 2020
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  2. PETERWILKINSON1964
    PeterWilkinson1964 Win User

    Installing W10 on a new SSD

    Probably been asked a trillion times but I cannot find a straight forward answer.

    I am soon to be changing my HDD for an SSD in my 6 month old Lenovo laptop, it came with W10 HOME pre installed with a partition for the drivers on the HDD.

    If I put a new SSD in the laptop and then install W10 HOME will it automatically activate or will I have to buy a new licence as there is no key to activate on the underside of the laptop.
     
    PeterWilkinson1964, Aug 24, 2020
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  3. LAPTOPHELPTHX
    laptophelpthx Win User
    reinstalling w10 onto ssd?

    why not just put all in the ssd, isnt that simplier?

    what's on the ssd? is there anything needed for w10 on the ssd right now?

    are we able to reinstall on it, and the w10 on the hdd would still work?

    ' having it one place means'

    well i looked at it again and it's not in steps and it's not concise

    when was it last updated significantly?

    i bet this hasn't been updated significantly or made better in any way for a very long time

    one of the most important things right now is why w10 did this?

    does it always do this?

    does it always happen on laptops with 2 drives? as asked in the reply

    alot of the other questions asked in the reply are also not answered, so hopefully someone out there knows
     
    laptophelpthx, Aug 24, 2020
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  4. MORCDM(2)
    Morcdm(2) Win User

    What happens if I use my W10 SSD on a new PC? (W10 Ver 2004.)

    xps viewer for W10 2204.

    I have just installed a new machine and updated it to w10 ver 2004 but cant find xps viewer. Where is it hiding?
     
    Morcdm(2), Aug 24, 2020
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