New mobo amd GPU

garryash

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Have ploughed through all I could find on TOMs and the web - but cant see an answer to this' I am getting new MOBO and GPU in a few days time and I keep reading that I would be best to reinstall WIN 10 on the SSD. I have activated my digital licence and have the confirmation showing in the "Activation" tab in settings. But how do I reinstall WIN 10 when I have no WIN 10 set up disc? I updated from a retail WIN 7 to WIn 10 ages ago but do still have the WIN 7 disc. Do I just swap the parts over and restart with my SSD where WIN 10 is installed without clearing anything off the SSD (I will remove my saved games and other "personal" stuff that i dont want to lose first). I originally installed WIN 10 from a USB flash drive which I still have - so do I need to use that?
Any helpfull advicefor a confused pensioner would be appreciated would be appreciated.
 
Install Windows 10 from the USB flash drive again. Make sure you have a Win10 key, and if you need to find your current one, use a program called ProduKey if you don't have it anywhere.

EDIT: Oops, forgot it was a digital license. Either the USB or what Brad said.
 
Install Microsoft's media creation tool from their website and create a bootable USB or DVD using the creation tool. It is very easy to do and will allow you to install a fresh load of windows 10 on your system.

You have a digital entitlement of windows 10, because it was activated on your hardware already, when you install windows 10, it should activate automatically without an issue. If it does not, used the windows 7 product key that came with the system.
 

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