Question Laptop Hard Drive upgrade Question

[Jabeabus]

Alright, so I have a 200gb hard drive that is pre-installed in my laptop. Now I have a 1tb that I haven't put in yet due to a issue I think I will run into. If I take out that 200gb, I know I will lose all my games, pictures, music, but will I have to buy a new copy of windows 10? Or will it automatically activate on my new 1tb hard drive? And if It doesn't do it automatically what is the best way to put windows on that drive without buying a whole new key?

 

[Cole.perera]

There should be a Windows key that came with your laptop perhaps in the manual, in or on the box or sometimes just on the bottom of the laptop, put that key in when you're installing windows.

 

[Jabeabus]

There should be a Windows key that came with your laptop perhaps in the manual, in or on the box or sometimes just on the bottom of the laptop, put that key in when you're installing windows.

I bought the laptop second hand with no box or manual.

 

[Cole.perera]

I bought the laptop second hand with no box or manual.

I believe you can tie your windows key to a microsoft account and take it across that way, contact microsoft and find out what your options are

 

[Vukodlak]

If it has Windows 10 installed, it is tied to your motherboard, so even if you install a brand new copy it technically should activate itself once you connect to the internet.
If you are out of luck, there are some sites that sell legit OEM keys between $5 to $30 depending on how many keys they have in stock.

 

[ElectrO_90]

Just buy a new cd key from places like https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/promo-vip-scdkey-games-and-windows-10-office,1.html

What you should do though, is backup all your data onto a CLOUD, then you dont have to worry about it being deleted/lost