[SOLVED] Cloned my Windows 10 to another SSD, can't reactivate even with newly bought key ?

[Jobjanusz]

Hello, everyone. I cloned my Windows 10 SSD with license to another SSD for my new PC. But Windows is deactivated now. I get an error message that my Hardware is changed and I cant reactivate it if I try to do so through the troubleshooter. All components are new, none is the same as former pc. I already cloned my windows 10 to another SSD before this one. I even bought a Windows 10 pro Product key. But it doesnt work. What can I do?

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Regards,

Jobjanusz

 

[Deleted member 2849646]

Thank you for your reply. This is what I'm looking for (what I think). I don't want to reinstall all programs and reapply all my windows settings.

After reading all the posts again I think I have a better idea of what your situation is. You've bought a new pc and you want to move all your programs and files onto the new PC? If that's right, then the way you are doing it is a bad bad bad idea! Unless your new PC is exactly the same as the old one, you shouldn't just clone and move the drive into the new pc, not just because you might have OS issues, but also because the chipset drivers etc (everything that makes the old computer work) will now be on the new machine and it will cause you a world of trouble. For a start because your new pc has different hardware (assuming they are different pcs spec wise), you will have to install new chipset and display drivers so windows can work properly on the new machine. Then once that is done you might have conflict with the old drivers from the old machine which were brought over as a biproduct of the cloning process.

The best way to go about this is to do a clean windows install of your drive on your new machine, then install all the programs, chipset drivers etc, and then copy over your personal files from the back up. I know it's a bit of a pain but you'll only need to do it once, and if you do it properly just this once, it will save you a world of trouble in the future. Trust me - I speak from trial and error experience over the years doing similar things to you!

Anyhow hope you take on board the advice and don't just stick with the cloned drive as it is. Good luck whatever you decide.

PS: apologies for not mentioning this sooner - I assumed you just were upgrading from a hdd to ssd or something on the same pc! Doh!

 

[Jobjanusz]

After reading all the posts again I think I have a better idea of what your situation is. You've bought a new pc and you want to move all your programs and files onto the new PC? If that's right, then the way you are doing it is a bad bad bad idea! Unless your new PC is exactly the same as the old one, you shouldn't just clone and move the drive into the new pc, not just because you might have OS issues, but also because the chipset drivers etc (everything that makes the old computer work) will now be on the new machine and it will cause you a world of trouble. For a start because your new pc has different hardware (assuming they are different pcs spec wise), you will have to install new chipset and display drivers so windows can work properly on the new machine. Then once that is done you might have conflict with the old drivers from the old machine which were brought over as a biproduct of the cloning process.

The best way to go about this is to do a clean windows install of your drive on your new machine, then install all the programs, chipset drivers etc, and then copy over your personal files from the back up. I know it's a bit of a pain but you'll only need to do it once, and if you do it properly just this once, it will save you a world of trouble in the future. Trust me - I speak from trial and error experience over the years doing similar things to you!

Anyhow hope you take on board the advice and don't just stick with the cloned drive as it is. Good luck whatever you decide.

PS: apologies for not mentioning this sooner - I assumed you just were upgrading from a hdd to ssd or something on the same pc! Doh!

Yeah, I see. I guess there is no other option than to do this. Thank you again. And I'll see when I have the time to do this.

 

[Deleted member 2849646]

Yeah, I see. I guess there is no other option than to do this. Thank you again. And I'll see when I have the time to do this.

Make sure you have two backups of your data just incase something goes wrong . I'm in the same boat. Upgrading from a dell 390 to 3040 and I am too lazy to do all the installing at the moment, so going to do it slowly, bit by bit. My method is going to be to buy a new SSD so I can keep the OS on my current machine working in case i forgot to move something or need a password or something. And once i've got the new machine up and running and i am sure i don't need any programs or settings or anything from the old machine, then I will wipe the drive, not sooner . There might be better ways to do migrations but that's my way. I play it safe. Good luck with the installations

 

[Jobjanusz]

Make sure you have two backups of your data just incase something goes wrong . I'm in the same boat. Upgrading from a dell 390 to 3040 and I am too lazy to do all the installing at the moment, so going to do it slowly, bit by bit. My method is going to be to buy a new SSD so I can keep the OS on my current machine working in case i forgot to move something or need a password or something. And once i've got the new machine up and running and i am sure i don't need any programs or settings or anything from the old machine, then I will wipe the drive, not sooner . There might be better ways to do migrations but that's my way. I play it safe. Good luck with the installations

Sounds like a good idea. I just have my old pc and new one next to each other so I can just check right away if I missed something.

 

[Jobjanusz]

Make sure you have two backups of your data just incase something goes wrong . I'm in the same boat. Upgrading from a dell 390 to 3040 and I am too lazy to do all the installing at the moment, so going to do it slowly, bit by bit. My method is going to be to buy a new SSD so I can keep the OS on my current machine working in case i forgot to move something or need a password or something. And once i've got the new machine up and running and i am sure i don't need any programs or settings or anything from the old machine, then I will wipe the drive, not sooner . There might be better ways to do migrations but that's my way. I play it safe. Good luck with the installations

Sounds like a good idea. I just have my old pc and new one next to each other so I can just check right away if I missed something.