Will my Win10 still be "legitimate" after replacing boot drive?


  1. bbinnard
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    Will my Win10 still be "legitimate" after replacing boot drive?


    I am considering replacing my SATA SSD boot drive with one of the new PCI SSD devices. To do this I'd simply do a Macrium Restore from a backup to the new boot drive. But is this enough of a hardware change to invalidate my Win10 validation with MS?

    If I'm going to have to spend 2 hours on the phone with them I need to make specific plans for that.
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  3. NavyLCDR
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    Replacing the drive will have no affect on your Windows license or activation.
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  4. bbinnard
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    Good to know. Thanks.
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