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Windows 10 Home no digital license / entitlement on cloned disk?
I'm sure I read, and have previously tested a couple of times, that your license remained active if you changed hard drives.
What I done a while ago is saved an image of an activated Win 10 Home install on ssd (by clean installing Win 10 from USB (Media Creation Tool) using a never-before-used Win 8.1 retail key), then saved it as an image. I then restored that image to a HDD and went online for a while. Windows remained active.
However, I noticed yesterday when I restored that same image to the same HDD (other hardware remains the same) that it cannot find a digital entitlement. Restored the image a few times to no avail.
However, hooking up the original SSD showed that the license is still active. BTW, I pulled the plug when I realised Win Updates downloading and when I restarted, my sudden decision to terminate Win Updates messed up my install.
So I performed a fresh clean install of 1511 that I have on USB, skipped the key and when I got online - voila .... it was digitally activated!
Re-restored the image to the HDD and still no go?
So, am I doing something wrong, or have MS introduced something new - such as having to validate a key everytime a new peice of hardware's changed?
Last edited by EightK; 15 Nov 2016 at 20:00.