Do I need windows product activation key if doing a new install on a blank drive with recovery drive from different computer.

[WilliamBastin]

My sisters hard drive died on her computer and I am going to replace it with a new SSD, I have only basic skills and am following a lot of online tutorials. I do know she has windows 10 and so do I. I made a windows recovery USB drive on my computer to use to reinstall windows onto her new blank drive. Do I need a product key from her dead hard drive to activate windows on the new instillation since it is a restore drive made from my computer? I will check her desktop for a sticker with a product code when I go over there but don't know what to do if it does not have a sticker and I am tryi

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