Windows 10: Windows Activation after SSD change

Hi,


I recently had a drive failure and had to reinstall windows on a different SSD, but I now realize that Windows 10 Home is not activated! It was activated on the SSD that failed, but I do not remember the product key as I cannot access the drive.

Please Help!


Thanks in advance

:)

 

Unable to activate Windows after SSD change

I recently had my SSD replaced by my PC manufacturer (Alienware) after it failed. I have reinstalled Windows 10 onto the new SSD however Windows will not activate. So far technical support at Alienware have been unable to fix the issue and have suggested
reaching out for help here. The motherboard has not been changed. Windows was installed via USB using the most up to date version of Windows. I have removed all other devices from my Microsoft account. Using the 'I changed my hardware' option on the Activation
troubleshooter will not work.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

 

New SSD activate Windows

I just upgraded my computer and purchased an SSD. I cloned my HDD and am now running Windows 10 from my new SSD. It would appear that I need to Activate Windows again now that it has been changed, but I'm unable.

I followed the guide here:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

When I get to the step:

The troubleshooter will show a message that Windows can’t be activated on your device. Select I
changed hardware on this device recently, and then select Next.

I'm prompted to enter a Microsoft account. No matter what I enter here I get the error. Oops something went wrong. The service isn't available.

I can't proceed past this step.

 

Can't activate Windows after reinstall 0x8007232b

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try the chat as I figured out what happened:

I sometimes take my SSD out of my PC when I go to a different location and want to work on and with stuff that's installed on it. For whatever dumb reason it was decided that if you change hardware Windows tells you it needs to be activated.

Putting my SSD back in my regular PC solved it at that point, but I can't change hardware without the message appearing again. Best of all: Microsoft knows this and suggested some steps to combat it (add account > troubleshoot > changed hardware option)
but these options aren't listed at all when you're in the state where Windows isn't activated.

ps: when you do a reinstall as I mentioned in my original post you can't change from home to pro et vice versa