Hello Everyone,
My son bought a used computer from a friend, minus the hard drive. The machine had Windows 10 previously installed, so I know Microsoft will have some signature of the systems motherboard on their servers. I'm pretty sure this will be irrelevant because we bought a new ssd and a new licensed copy of windows 10 on a thumb drive.
So I'm assuming we can just hook up the new drive and install a fresh copy of windows on the new ssd without any issues?
If so then my only question is, should if fire the system up before plugging in the new hard drive and set the bios to boot from usb, or can I hook the hard drive up first then set the bios, then plug in the usb and reboot? Ahhh! I know I'm probably over thinking this but I just want to do it right the first time and minimize any potential issues. Thanks.
Jeff
My son bought a used computer from a friend, minus the hard drive. The machine had Windows 10 previously installed, so I know Microsoft will have some signature of the systems motherboard on their servers. I'm pretty sure this will be irrelevant because we bought a new ssd and a new licensed copy of windows 10 on a thumb drive.
So I'm assuming we can just hook up the new drive and install a fresh copy of windows on the new ssd without any issues?
If so then my only question is, should if fire the system up before plugging in the new hard drive and set the bios to boot from usb, or can I hook the hard drive up first then set the bios, then plug in the usb and reboot? Ahhh! I know I'm probably over thinking this but I just want to do it right the first time and minimize any potential issues. Thanks.
Jeff