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Gordy7

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#279588 25-Oct-2020 10:22

I guess the cloning will work ok with Macrium Reflect.
On the newer PC, if I then reload/refresh Win10 keeping personal stuff, will the newer PC automatically upgrade to Win10 Pro?

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#2591612 25-Oct-2020 10:59

Sorry, bit lost.... so you have PC1 that has Win10 Home and have PC2 with no OS ?

Cloning PC1 to PC2 will still be Win10 Home, and probably fail to activate due to the change of hardware.

You need a Win 10 Pro license to keep both going.

You can upgrade Win 10 Home to Pro after an install but again require a license.

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#2591618 25-Oct-2020 11:21

As per subject... newer PC has a copy of Win10 Pro.
The target user wants to keep all his apps and personal files as is.
I plan to clone the old PC to the newer PC.
Then reload/refresh Win10 to help clean up the newer PC.
Edit: Old PC has a Win10 Home licence and the newer PC has a Win10 Pro licence.

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#2591620 25-Oct-2020 11:33

Ah right, should be able to do it - the new PC will complain about not being active initially, but once you enter the Pro license it should be happy.

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#2591623 25-Oct-2020 11:47

It will rely on having a valid Windows 10 Pro key you can enter to upgrade - when you clone from one machine to another you are copying everything - including the Windows settings and version.

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#2591637 25-Oct-2020 12:35

I guess there may be an issue transferring the Win10 Pro licence from my Microsoft account to the new user MS account.

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#2592858 28-Oct-2020 18:02

The older PC is not too slow.

I have decided to simply clone the 7200rpm HDD to an SSD using Macrium Reflect.

No need to worry about transferring Windows 10 licence to a newer computer.

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