Oh joy. Been having issues for awhile now. Finally got a testing program to actually work to test the system drive and it’s shows the drive as failing (SMART). I’ve ordered a new drive and it should be here in a couple days. OK, this box is a few years old (4) and came with 8 installed. Which I upgraded to 8.1 and then to 10. It just updated to the anniversary edition.
From what I understand, I have to download the iso from Microsoft for the anniversary edition of 10 and burn that to a cd. Then install the new drive and boot and install Windows to the new drive. Here’s the rub. Do I have to use a registration number beings as I’m replacing the system drive? And if so, would the original OEM number that came with this box work?
I miss the actual install media (like XP). And I hope I don’t fugg this up because my brain is currently thick as mud.
BTW, drive is a Seagate and I’m not replacing it with a Seagate.
TIA