Nothing Changed In My PC Just Wanna Know....

[justin-bc]

Nothing has changed in my PC but shes running a little sluggish and i do wish to toss in another SSD for more storage. Just wondering can i reformat my current SSD and use the same copy of windows 10 that i got when i built the PC? along with the key of course. (no its not an OEM key its a retail key paid the full 150 canadian at the time -.-).Just curious if i will come into issues trying to feed it the same key i used when i built the computer a year or so ago? I mean it shouldnt as all im putting in is a new SSD to go with the old one right?

 

[jojesa]

Yes, just install Windows, skip entering the key code during setup and Windows will activate itself after setup finishes and it connects to the web.
Create a media installation with the latest Windows 10 version from Microsoft website.

 

[USAFRet]

Nothing has changed in my PC but shes running a little sluggish and i do wish to toss in another SSD for more storage. Just wondering can i reformat my current SSD and use the same copy of windows 10 that i got when i built the PC? along with the key of course. (no its not an OEM key its a retail key paid the full 150 canadian at the time -.-).Just curious if i will come into issues trying to feed it the same key i used when i built the computer a year or so ago? I mean it shouldnt as all im putting in is a new SSD to go with the old one right?

No issues at all.
How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

When it asks for the license, Skip.
When it asks where, select Custom. Delete each partition on the drive, leaving one blank space.
Proceed on.

 

[justin-bc]

Yes, just install Windows, skip entering the key code during setup and Windows will activate itself after setup finishes and it connects to the web.
Create a media installation with the latest Windows 10 version from Microsoft website.

Thanks For the help! Everything went smoothly and its running like brand new again

 

[jojesa]

Thanks For the help! Everything went smoothly and its running like brand new again

Glad we could help.