Installing my Windows 10 SS drive

[Hum]

I've decided to go with the Crucial MX-200 250 GB SS drive.

 

I think it will be large enuff to more than hold my proggies.

 

I don't think that I should Clone the regular hard drive.

 

I'll leave it be in case something goes wrong.

 

I hope Windows 10 isn't going to throw a fit.

 

Wish me luck ....

[PGHammer]

To make sure it doesn't, if it's going to be a boot drive, pull all other bootable drives before installing (at the least, disconnect the data cables on other bootable drives so the installer does NOT see them). Do NOT reconnect them until after the first several bootup cycles to make sure all needed updates are on the new boot drive. (None of this is unique to a solid-state drive; in fact, it is my SOP whenever installing a new boot drive - regardless of what OS it will boot; too many screwups when I don't do it.)

[Hum]

Well ..... just what I thought would happen.

Windows 10 is not accepting the product key.

Now what do I do ...

 

What do I do, call Microsoft ?

 

Is there a way to transfer the other hard drive activation to this SSD ?

 

 

 

 

Edited September 17, 2016 by Hum

[Hum]

Now this is weird -- 10 minutes ago W10 would not accept product key:

 

 

[Hum]

I guess I wouldn't get Updates, if Windows was not activated.

 

I hope that I'm OK.

 

I'm guessing that after entering my product key 3 times, it believed me.

 

Or Windows finally read my hardware.

[Hum]

Finally done -- got all the Windows 10 Updates.

 

I honestly don't notice much faster anything with this SSD.

[Hum]

I've got a completely different product key

 

How is that possible ???

[+KibosJ Subscriber²]

I'm not sure how windows activation actually works sometimes.

 

I recently purchased a brand new PC, new motherboard, RAM, CPU, everything! Nothing has been recycled and for 2 days it wouldn't activate (never expected it to, I hadn't put a key in yet) then all of a sudden it said I was digitally activated with my Microsoft account.

 

Where are you getting your product key from?

[Hum]

^ I have a program that can read the activated Product Key.

 

And it is not the one with my Windows DVD, and what I entered.

[adrynalyne]

6 hours ago, Hum said:

^ I have a program that can read the activated Product Key.

 

And it is not the one with my Windows DVD, and what I entered.

Those programs don't work for Windows 10 keys. 

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

I built a new pc a while ago and didnt expect to have my Windows 10 Pro activated either. 
Apparently, if you are or were a Windows insider, your key is now linked to your M$ account, so you can activate on any machine, as long as that machine has been previosly used as a Insider.

My product key is showing now as the one used to originally be a insider, not my retail Windows 8 Pro key. Go figure. 

As for your SSD - it *should* be quicker loading into Windows, long as your motherboard supports SATA3. If not, then u would probably see normal 200mb/sec speeds.

[Hum]

 Oh I see about one-third the boot-up time.

 

But normal browsing, using other programs seems about the same.

 

Installs seem quick.

 

 

 

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

When I got  my Samsung SSD, I just cloned the WD spinner using Macrium Reflect without any problems.  I notices a huge difference in speed. Samsung has this program called Magician which optimizes the SSD using what they call Rapid Mode. I do not know much about Crucial, maybe they have such a program..

[adrynalyne]

20 minutes ago, Hum said:

 Oh I see about one-third the boot-up time.

 

But normal browsing, using other programs seems about the same.

 

Installs seem quick.

 

 

 

Any time your machine pages, start up, shut down, installations, file transfers, updates, and application loading will be the areas massively improved by an SSD. 

[Jim K Global Moderator]

9 minutes ago, Gary7 said:

When I got  my Samsung SSD, I just cloned the WD spinner using Macrium Reflect without any problems.  I notices a huge difference in speed. Samsung has this program called Magician which optimizes the SSD using what they call Rapid Mode. I do not know much about Crucial, maybe they have such a program..

Rapid mode is snake oil.  Looks great on benchmarks ... but real world performance is relatively unchanged.

 

Just saying.

[adrynalyne]

19 minutes ago, jjkusaf said:

Rapid mode is snake oil.  Looks great on benchmarks ... but real world performance is relatively unchanged.

 

Just saying.

It has potential.  But it works just like a cache but using ram. It's only going to be used for what Samsung feels are most used applications and tbh you don't feel the difference after a certain rw speed. My laptop has an SSD that has read writes that are 2-4x faster than my workstation. In real word usage, I can't tell much difference because at that point, other things bottleneck. 

[Hum]

On 9/17/2016 at 2:27 AM, Hum said:

I've got a completely different product key

 

How is that possible ???

This must explain it:

 

Digital license

 

You’re a Windows Insider and upgraded to the newest Windows 10 Insider Preview build on an eligible device that was running an activated previous version of Windows and Windows 10 Preview.

 

I did originally have the preview version of Windows 10 installed.

 

Thank you Microsoft.

[JakeB]

On 9/17/2016 at 0:04 AM, Hum said:

Well ..... just what I thought would happen.

Windows 10 is not accepting the product key.

Now what do I do ...

 

What do I do, call Microsoft ?

 

Is there a way to transfer the other hard drive activation to this SSD ?

Well how did you get Windows 10 originally? If you upgraded Windows doesn't use a key. It uses what's called digital entitlement. You only enter the key if you are doing a clean install and digital entitlement was never created. In that case you enter the key for the product you are upgrading from. No since your changing drives after the anniversary update the digital entitlement is linked to your MS Account and the hardware change will be collected and you will be activated without having to call MS.

On 9/17/2016 at 0:04 AM, Hum said:

 

 

 

 

 

[Hum]

2 minutes ago, JakeB said:

Well how did you get Windows 10 originally? If you upgraded Windows doesn't use a key. It uses what's called digital entitlement. You only enter the key if you are doing a clean install and digital entitlement was never created. In that case you enter the key for the product you are upgrading from. No since your changing drives after the anniversary update the digital entitlement is linked to your MS Account and the hardware change will be collected and you will be activated without having to call MS.

 

I did a clean Install on the hard drive, and later on my SSD.

 

I kept the hard drive disconnected.

 

I used my ligit OEM dvd of Windows 10, with product key.

 

W10 would not accept the product key on the SSD.

 

I got a digital license tho after about 10 minutes.

[shockz]

It's never recommend to clone from a non-ssd/spindle to a SSD. Installer will optimize and tailor system to an SSD drive. While these changes can be done after the fact, it's much easier to give a new SSD a clean slate as opposed to bringing an image over from a spindle. Clean slate reinstall is the way to go.