Will it work?

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Yes, assuming the total space occupied on the hard drive is less than the capacity of the SSD. Most of the nicer SSDs, like Samsung's, come with a cloning utility, or access to a one-way cloning tool for use with their devices only.
You can certainly do this. You will need some kind of migration tool, take a look at this tutorial:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-move-windows-10-to-an-ssd/

If this was me, I'd just reinstall it. Most likely faster and less of a hassle than migrating between drives.


To answer your second question:

If you have a retail key: You will not need a new Windows key.
If you have an OEM key: You will not need a new Windows key, OEM keys bind to the motherboard.
If you upgraded to Windows 10: You will not need a new Windows key, it will be activated automatically when you install Windows.
 
Yes, assuming the total space occupied on the hard drive is less than the capacity of the SSD. Most of the nicer SSDs, like Samsung's, come with a cloning utility, or access to a one-way cloning tool for use with their devices only.
 
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