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tbro2021
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My plan is to clone the boot drive since I plan to keep the old computer just as it is and purchase a new win 10 license for the new computer. But I don't want to reload and rearrange everything.
Hence my plan to clone my current boot drive.
Since I have no NVME M.2 connection in my current computer (and the NVME M.2 to USB enclosures all get beat up online) I intend to start up the new computer with the cloned drive. Then clone that drive to the new blank NVME M.2 drive which will then become the permanent boot drive for the new machine. At some, as yet undetermined, optimum point I will then apply the new Win 10 license to the new machine.
Will this work?
Is there a better way?
I do not want to do a fresh install on the new machine but since my wife is getting the old one and she doesn't care about anything on my current machine, a fresh install on my current machine after I confirm the successful transition would be acceptable if it makes things easier.
FYI My current license for Win 10 Pro was a free upgrade from Win 7 Pro. The activation message says, "Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account."
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Hence my plan to clone my current boot drive.
Since I have no NVME M.2 connection in my current computer (and the NVME M.2 to USB enclosures all get beat up online) I intend to start up the new computer with the cloned drive. Then clone that drive to the new blank NVME M.2 drive which will then become the permanent boot drive for the new machine. At some, as yet undetermined, optimum point I will then apply the new Win 10 license to the new machine.
Will this work?
Is there a better way?
I do not want to do a fresh install on the new machine but since my wife is getting the old one and she doesn't care about anything on my current machine, a fresh install on my current machine after I confirm the successful transition would be acceptable if it makes things easier.
FYI My current license for Win 10 Pro was a free upgrade from Win 7 Pro. The activation message says, "Windows is activated with a digital license linked to your Microsoft account."
Continue reading...