Using a windows key moving from different storage solutions?

[Gron113]

I have decided to upgrade from an SSD/HDD storage solution to full SSD. I wanna get a 1TB SSD for absolutely everything, and put the old storage in another hand-me-down PC that I have. Will I be able to use the windows key I have on the old SSD to the new one? Any issues to be aware of?

 

[Kiril_Petkov]

Changing storage drive shouldn't be a problem. There are tools that could be use that transfer the all the information from old to new drive. Data Migration Software is one of them, but there is others too.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Will I be able to use the windows key I have on the old SSD to the new one?

Just clone contents of your old drives to the new one. Then there's no need for reinstallation.

Unless you wan't to reinstall ... then it would depend on OS version. For example windows 10 wouldn't even require a key to install and would activate automatically once, you're connected to internet.

 

[USAFRet]

I have decided to upgrade from an SSD/HDD storage solution to full SSD. I wanna get a 1TB SSD for absolutely everything, and put the old storage in another hand-me-down PC that I have. Will I be able to use the windows key I have on the old SSD to the new one? Any issues to be aware of?

Sure.
In the same system, no problem changing drives.

To clone from the old to the new:
Specific steps for a successful clone operation:
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Verify the actual used space on the current drive is significantly below the size of the new SSD
Download and install Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration, if a Samsung SSD)
Power off
Disconnect ALL drives except the current C and the new SSD
Power up
Run the Macrium Reflect (or Samsung Data Migration)
Select ALL the partitions on the existing C drive
Click the 'Clone' button
Wait until it is done
When it finishes, power off
Disconnect ALL drives except for the new SSD
This is to allow the system to try to boot from ONLY the SSD
Swap the SATA cables around so that the new drive is connected to the same SATA port as the old drive
Power up, and verify the BIOS boot order
If good, continue the power up

It should boot from the new drive, just like the old drive.
Maybe reboot a time or two, just to make sure.

If it works, and it should, all is good.

Later, reconnect the old drive and wipe as necessary.
Delete the 450MB Recovery Partition, here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/4f1b84ac-b193-40e3-943a-f45d52e23685/cant-delete-extra-healthy-recovery-partitions-and-healthy-efi-system-partition?forum=w8itproinstall
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