Windows 10: win 10 free re-activation after hard drive replacement?

Discus and support win 10 free re-activation after hard drive replacement? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Old Acer Vista PC. Upgraded with OEM Win 7 Pro, then with free Win 10 Pro. Hard drive errors. Had to clean re-install. It automatically... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Cos_, Nov 8, 2019.

  1. Cos_ Win User

    win 10 free re-activation after hard drive replacement?


    Old Acer Vista PC. Upgraded with OEM Win 7 Pro, then with free Win 10 Pro. Hard drive errors. Had to clean re-install. It automatically re-activated. Still get hard drive warnings like it will crash any moment.


    1. If I change hard drive, will it still automatically re-activate?

    2. Is it worth cost to pay someone to put a new hard drive in?

    3. It tricked me into signing in with Microsoft account. Is there a way to sign in with a user name and no password, like it use to be.

    4. Since re-install, I can no longer access server. Server is win 10 with that forced update that removed home group from network menus and service menus. Server still offers to share with home group when you right click a folder (docs, music, et) and select share with, server still offers homegroup read and write, even though home group deleted from other menus. Any way to fix that mess?

    :)
     
    Cos_, Nov 8, 2019
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  2. LarrieM Win User

    Reinstalling Win 10 to a replacement hard drive

    I have an HP Pavilon desktop which I upgraded to WIN 10 from WIN 7. The hard drive is starting to fail with a BIOHD-8 error.Before the drive fails I would like to create a set of restore or recovery disks so I can buy a new one terabyte drive to replace
    the current 750 gig drive and reinstall the current version of Win 10. Will creating an ISO disk image work if I used a one terabyte external USB to create the image and then replaced the drive and copied the image back? I'd like to use a set of DVD to create
    an image or recovery drive so I wouldn't have to "waste" the external Hard drive. The steps in Control panel create a Windows System Repair Disk and a System Image but it says its for WIN 7. What am I missing? Seems that the system image created for DVDs (64
    bit) would occupy 14.37 gig or four DVDs.

    Help
     
    LarrieM, Nov 8, 2019
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  3. activate windows 10 after hard drive replacement

    How do I activate Windows 10 after replacing my hard drive. I tried windows key and X as suggested and find "no administrative" space to fill in. I have my old windows xp disc with a number on it.
     
    KennethPatrick1, Nov 8, 2019
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  4. win 10 free re-activation after hard drive replacement?

    Windows 10, Occasional Error, No Hard Drive, after Hard Drive Replacement

    Hi,

    System corruption can cause issues detecting your computer's hard drive. For us to properly investigate on your concern, we'd like to confirm the following information:

    • On which cases do you receive the startup error?
    • Aside from replacing the hard drive, have you made any significant changes to your device prior to this happening?
    • Have you tried plugging in the replaced hard drive to another computer to check if the same thing occurs?
    • What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

    We will be waiting for your reply so we can move forward to resolving your query.
     
    Dhavelyn Mer, Nov 8, 2019
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