On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:19 PM Bill Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > was your old version Win10 PRO" as well? - as far as I know a > reinstall will only validate if the hardware as recorded at MS mostly > matches and its the same version. Cloning via dd, then running through > the re-validation checks, then making changes in small steps is the only > way I have been able to make it work despite what is written in the link > below. > > Also check out: > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-will-microsoft-charge-you-if-you-need-to-reinstall/ > > BillK >
Bill, It's a great question that I cannot answer with certainty unless I put the old drive back in. I thought it was when I did the install this afternoon but I wasn't sure. I'm going to let the machine sit overnight and see if it activates automatically. If it doesn't I'll go back to the old drive and if needed will do a new reinstall with the right version. If I can get away with this path I will. If not I'll go with something like Mick suggested. thanks, Mark
