Windows 10: Will I need to reactivate Windows 10 after a factory reset?

I am using a Windows 10 hard drive on a machine which it was not originally plugged into. I have activated Windows 10 on this new machine, but I now need to perform a factory reset of Windows 10 using this method.

Will I need to reactivate Windows 10, or will Windows recognize my machine's motherboard and activate automatically? I have the product key handy. Will I be able to use it to reactivate Windows 10 after a factory reset? I have helplessly Googled this question to no avail.

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you

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Windows 10 factory reset

Hi Charlie,

We can see here that you are having issues with doing a factory reset on your Windows 10. There are several factors
why you get the said error and that's what we are going to figure out. To isolate this concern, may we know the following:

• Any changes made on the computer prior to this concern?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
  
• May we know the reason why you want to perform a factory reset?
• Did you experience any issues on the computer before you tried performing a factory reset?
  

 

Windows 10 infinite restart black screen

Thank you john for all of your help i decided to get the usb my computer came with and factory reset it i didnt have anything that personal or valueable so its ok thanks for the help though i appreciate it

 

Factory reset

Hello darrylwelch,

I'm Independent Advisor and Microsoft MVP, here to help you with your question.

If factory reset doesn't works, I suggest you to make clean install.

Please refer this step-by-step guide:

https://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-make-clean-ins...

Hope this helps!

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.