Is Windows 10 permanently in computer?

[budgy]

I have a Lenovo G505s laptop with a very slow hard disk. I am going to upgrade to a Samsung SSD. Unfortunately, Windows 8 was built in the computer and there is no hard copy.

My friend told me that Windows 8 is permanently in the computer so if I change my hard drive to SSD, it will automatically install fresh Windows 8 at startup.

Is this true?

 

[USAFRet]

I have a Lenovo G505s laptop with a very slow hard disk. I am going to upgrade to a Samsung SSD. Unfortunately, Windows 8 was built in the computer and there is no hard copy.

My friend told me that Windows 8 is permanently in the computer so if I change my hard drive to SSD, it will automatically install fresh Windows 8 at startup.

Is this true?

No, that is not correct.
The OS lives on the HDD or SSD
The license key may live in the BIOS. But that is not the OS.

 

[smorizio]

vendor to save money now put the restore info on a partion on the hard drive. check with the laptop vendor to see if you can make a usb iso from the restore data. if not use windows media creation tool to make a bootable windows usb stick for the new ssd.