Can i re use the same key for reinstalling it

[EXQNGaming]

So i had an hdd in my new pc for about a month and decided to get an ssd now, i just wanna know if it is possible to reuse the same key or do i have to deactivate it since i did hear people use the same key on multiple pc's.

Thanks

 

[Colif]

Don't need to use key on PC its already been installed on.

When you reinstall on PC, click "I don't have a key" and win 10 will reinstall and should auto activate. The keys are kept on Microsoft servers so once its used once, and matched to a PC, you don't need to know it again

Most people can only have key on one PC at a time, assume they might be volume licences.

 

[nana99]

Colif is right. Windows Product key (if that is what you meant) is stored on ur motherboard. So as long as u don't change ur motherboard, that windows key will work on that pc. And u can change any other Component, no problem.

 

[Colif]

Colif is right. Windows Product key (if that is what you meant) is stored on ur motherboard. So as long as u don't change ur motherboard, that windows key will work on that pc. And u can change any other Component, no problem.

Well, 50% chance its linked to Motherboard. It can also be linked to an email address now, so if it doesn't auto activate on install he might need to link it to the email address he gave Microsoft.

 

[Kenton82]

If you are just swapping over to an SSD, you don't need the windows key. Using the data migration / cloning tools it is surprisingly easy, and the SSD will work just as the HDD did, but hellishly faster.

 

[EXQNGaming]

Ok thanks for the answers so if i understand i install windows just like i would from a usb usually but click that i dont have a key?

 

[Colif]

Ok thanks for the answers so if i understand i install windows just like i would from a usb usually but click that i dont have a key?

Yes

 

[EXQNGaming]

Thank you