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I want to eliminate my old hdd and windows 7 and install a new ssd and windows 10. What steps do I need to take ?
Thanks, Tim
 
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Do you have the Windows 7 install disk and the license key?
Maybe just a reinstall is needed.
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If you want to retain the files on your hard drive, you should download a cloning software and copy the files onto the ssd, this will keep your current operatiing system. Once you've done that you can install windows 10 from a CD or usb drive. When you're installing Windows 10 select the option to keep your files. All of this is assuming you want to keep your files. If you don't care just take out your hdd, install the ssd and install windows 10.
 
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Im doing this because I have a problrm with the current operating sydtem (windows 7).
It won't allow me to download anything or connect to the microsoft support page. I spent 2.5 hours on the phone wiyh microsoft support, letting them access my computer and they solved nothing. I dont think I can get rid of the problem unless I get rid of windows 7 and the hard drive storing the problem.
 
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For Win 10, you'll need to buy it. About $100
But that is almost certainly not needed.

If you want, we can do some diagnosis, and maybe figure out what is wrong, or possibly just reinstall WIn 7.
Or maybe the drive is actually broken.
 
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It might be the drive. But at this point, we do not know.

Is there anything on that drive you need to keep?
If so, and you can still sort of boot from it, save all your critical stuff off to another drive.
Then, try the OS install. If it fails, then that HDD may well be dead.

Or, if it doesn't fail, it may have just needed a clean install.

Thr SSD and Win 10 is a whole other thing, and that can come later.
 
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Samsung 850 evo
I installed it, it wouldn't accept my product key, called microsoft support, they accessed my computer and blue screened it like 5 times and it still doesn't have a verification key. He escalated it to level 2 and they are supposed to call me tomorrow. Wtf am I doing ?
 
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Which OS were you installing?
Which license key?
 
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My windows 7. My original verification key wouldn't work. Thats why I called microsoft support. The phone support guy tried giving me another one that didn't work. If I use the windows prompts to buy a verification key online it just leads to a page about windows 10. I'm guessing that Im being forced to buy a copy of windows 10 if I want an authentic copy of windows on my computer.
 
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You had your original Windows 7 license key?
And you reinstalled the OS, and it would not take that license key?
Then the MS guy (actual MS??) tried a new license key, and that did not work either?

This ain't right.


Let's start from the beginning.
For the Win 7, was it preinstalled, or an OS that you bought and installed?
 
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And then you Upgraded that to Win 10?
And trying to install and activate the Win 7 results in not activated?

This is to be expected.
Your Win 10 was fully activated?

And then you tried to do a reinstall of Win 10, on whichever drive?
And it would not activate?
And the "MS guy" could not get it activated?

Something is not right with this.
 
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If you buy a new Win 10 OS, your old Win 7 is of no consequence.
You're not installing over....you'd just be wiping that Win 7 and a clean install of Win 10.
 
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That old license of Win 7 may no longer be valid. Consumed in the Upgrade to Win 10 you did.
You now have a digital entitlement for Win 10. The OS tied to that hardware.

Reinstalling Win 10 on that same hardware should have zero issue with activation.
And if it does, talking to the dude at MS should also have zero issue with activation.
 
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