Moving windows 10 OS to new HDD


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    Win10 Pro 64bit
       #1

    Moving windows 10 OS to new HDD


    hard drive is dying. so wondering how to get W10 on my new HDD. i know the product key is bound via hardware but where would i get the win10 installation files for USB ?
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    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
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    Use Microsoft's Media Creation Tool. There's s Tutorial here...
    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...-download.html
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    Mac OS Catalina
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    DiBBz said:
    hard drive is dying. so wondering how to get W10 on my new HDD. i know the product key is bound via hardware but where would i get the win10 installation files for USB ?
    Download the ISO from microsoft.com and install on the new drive, then reinstall everything. There is software out there that will allow you to move the current image over to a new drive. It would mean having to do a sector by sector with the old drive dying.
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    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
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    bro67 said:
    Download the ISO from microsoft.com and install on the new drive, then reinstall everything. There is software out there that will allow you to move the current image over to a new drive. It would mean having to do a sector by sector with the old drive dying.
    You don't need to reinstall everything - you can use Macrium Reflect Free to transfer your system to a new disk. See my guide for tips.
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    Mac OS Catalina
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    Steve C said:
    You don't need to reinstall everything - you can use Macrium Reflect Free to transfer your system to a new disk. See my guide for tips.
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    Read the last part that I posted.
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