I am planning to buy a Windows-10 desktop and will clone an image file of the Windows-10 drive: possibly for future use in larger SSD. When the Clonezilla file is imaged to a larger SSD, should I expect to be required to activate Windows-10? Assume that the larger SSD is the only variable that is changed.
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3I have never had to re-activate after a clone, it is usually a motherboard change that triggers it.– MoabSep 26, 2019 at 21:37
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1Possible duplicate of What is the preferred way to install a new Windows installation on an SSD with a Windows installation already on it?– RamhoundSep 27, 2019 at 0:42
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You will not have to activate Windows again.– undoSep 27, 2019 at 17:12
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Just transferring from one hard drive or SSD to another is not enough to invalidate your activation. I have done this a few times without issue.
Changing the motherboard or making significant changes will invalidate it requiring reactivation.
answered Sep 26, 2019 at 22:14
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Even if it did trigger reactivation, changing a hard disk doesn't constitute moving the Windows license to a new computer (whereas getting a new motherboard does if it's not an identical model) so there will be no trouble reactivating after the upgrade. Sep 27, 2019 at 1:33