Netbook hdd upgrade to ssd

yorica

Genius, thanks.

Its now moved onto another stage of the installation but its asking for my product key again. However, it has given me the choice of "Do this later".

Will Microsoft keep asking me at regular intervals?

yorica

enfield_freddy wrote: »

did you actually upgrade your original system to win 10?


win 10 registers your machine , and as such you cannot just fit a new drive and do a clean install , as it will be unregistered.




load win 7/8 , then go to the update page I pointed to above , upgrade to win 10 THEN do a clean install

I've changed my old HDD to a new ssd and so I didn't want my old system "spoiling" the the new ssd

enfield_freddy

so how does Microsoft know you have a legal copy of win 7/8 , did you send him a letter and ask him for a win 10 ser No?


1: load win 7/8 on the new SSD , do a custom install , deleting all partitions and creating a new one , with the serial key if asked


2: load the win 10 update , from the link above , this will register your machine with the Microsoft servers) (check its activated)


3: boot from win 10 pendrive , custom install , delete and re create partitions , load win 10 as a new install


it will come up as registered , as your machine has been accepted by MS

yorica

enfield_freddy wrote: »

so how does Microsoft know you have a legal copy of win 7/8 , did you send him a letter and ask him for a win 10 ser No?


1: load win 7/8 on the new SSD , do a custom install , deleting all partitions and creating a new one , with the serial key if asked


2: load the win 10 update , from the link above , this will register your machine with the Microsoft servers) (check its activated)


3: boot from win 10 pendrive , custom install , delete and re create partitions , load win 10 as a new install


it will come up as registered , as your machine has been accepted by MS

OK then, I'm going back to your "plan b" suggestion in post #6. I've put back my old hdd and I'm now installing win10. I will then re-install the ssd and use the usb with win 10 which I had already downloaded last night.

Here goes.

enfield_freddy

whey not do as I suggested in my post above , load win 8 or 7 on the NEW drive ,


a: it will be a lot quicker , and


b: your original drive will be intact , if you do not like win 10 , and you can (with help) clone it to your new ssd

yorica

enfield_freddy wrote: »

whey not do as I suggested in my post above , load win 8 or 7 on the NEW drive ,


a: it will be a lot quicker , and


b: your original drive will be intact , if you do not like win 10 , and you can (with help) clone it to your new ssd

I couldn't work out how to get win7 on my netbook with the ssd installed as I have no optical drive and the product key has worn off the windows sticker.

enfield_freddy

ok , go for it , load 10 on top of your 7/8 (same version) , check its registered ok , then swop to new drive and do a custom install

yorica

nice one enfield

yorica

The fun & games continue...

Now that my old hdd is installed, I started the installation process again, but now an error message appears saying:

"Something happened.
Sorry, we're having trouble determining if your PC can run win10, PLease close setup and try again".

After trying again, unfortunately the same message appeared.


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NiftyDigits

yorica wrote: »

I couldn't work out how to get win7 on my netbook with the ssd installed as I have no optical drive and the product key has worn off the windows sticker.

Once again, I already sent you a solution via private message.

Have you checked your messages?