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Hello All
I'm new here, and hope I don't embarrass myself asking this question...
I live in the United Kingdom.
I have an HP G6-2244sa laptop with an AMD E2-1800 processor (1.7GHz) with 8GB RAM.
The laptop originally ran Windows 8 but was updated to Windows 10 Home 64-bit.
My girlfriend uses the laptop for email, Internet browsing, Spotify and occasionally using Word and Excel.
The laptop has a 1TB hard drive with two partitions.
Partition 1 - C: drive is 976 GB of which only 170GB is being used
Partition 2 - D: drive is 20GB of which 17.3GB is being used... This has the Recovery files.
When I look in Settings > Update & Security > Activation... It states... Windows is activated with a digital licence
The laptop has been running very slow... Start up is slow, and there is a long delay between clicking on a file/application, and it opening.
I've already uninstalled any applications that were not being used, like video editing applications, 3D imaging application... Run Disk Clean-Up and also ran ASCOMP Cleaning Suite 4
I have looked into replacing the current HDD hard drive with and SSD drive, as this seems to give a new lease of life to PCs. So have decided to install a 500GB SSD.
I was going to clone the current disk, to the SSD as this could be potentially easier.
However, I am now thinking of doing a clean install of Windows 10 on to the SSD. The reason for doing a clean install of Windows 10 is because I'd rather start with the clean slate, and not potentially "bring over" any issues from the current drive when I clone it.
As the laptop originally came with Windows 8 and was updated to Windows 10, I'm unsure what licence key I have. There is a Windows label on the underside of the laptop but no licence key... I can't find the original paperwork that came with the laptop when it was bought.
I have used PowerShell to look at the 25-digit licence key, and it displayed one.
I then used Command Prompt to confirm the same 25-digit licence key... But I'm unsure if it's a Windows 8 licence key or a Windows 10 licence key. Or is it a digital licence?
If I install a new SSD drive into the laptop, can I do a clean install of Windows 10 on it?
Can I use the 25-digit that I looked up (if applicable)?
Or do I rely on the digital licence when I do the Windows 10 install? If this is the case, how do I know what the digital licence is?
Apologies that this a long message. But I thought I better try and give you as much information as possible.
Any help you can provide me, will be greatly appreciated.
Continue reading...
I'm new here, and hope I don't embarrass myself asking this question...
I live in the United Kingdom.
I have an HP G6-2244sa laptop with an AMD E2-1800 processor (1.7GHz) with 8GB RAM.
The laptop originally ran Windows 8 but was updated to Windows 10 Home 64-bit.
My girlfriend uses the laptop for email, Internet browsing, Spotify and occasionally using Word and Excel.
The laptop has a 1TB hard drive with two partitions.
Partition 1 - C: drive is 976 GB of which only 170GB is being used
Partition 2 - D: drive is 20GB of which 17.3GB is being used... This has the Recovery files.
When I look in Settings > Update & Security > Activation... It states... Windows is activated with a digital licence
The laptop has been running very slow... Start up is slow, and there is a long delay between clicking on a file/application, and it opening.
I've already uninstalled any applications that were not being used, like video editing applications, 3D imaging application... Run Disk Clean-Up and also ran ASCOMP Cleaning Suite 4
I have looked into replacing the current HDD hard drive with and SSD drive, as this seems to give a new lease of life to PCs. So have decided to install a 500GB SSD.
I was going to clone the current disk, to the SSD as this could be potentially easier.
However, I am now thinking of doing a clean install of Windows 10 on to the SSD. The reason for doing a clean install of Windows 10 is because I'd rather start with the clean slate, and not potentially "bring over" any issues from the current drive when I clone it.
As the laptop originally came with Windows 8 and was updated to Windows 10, I'm unsure what licence key I have. There is a Windows label on the underside of the laptop but no licence key... I can't find the original paperwork that came with the laptop when it was bought.
I have used PowerShell to look at the 25-digit licence key, and it displayed one.
I then used Command Prompt to confirm the same 25-digit licence key... But I'm unsure if it's a Windows 8 licence key or a Windows 10 licence key. Or is it a digital licence?
If I install a new SSD drive into the laptop, can I do a clean install of Windows 10 on it?
Can I use the 25-digit that I looked up (if applicable)?
Or do I rely on the digital licence when I do the Windows 10 install? If this is the case, how do I know what the digital licence is?
Apologies that this a long message. But I thought I better try and give you as much information as possible.
Any help you can provide me, will be greatly appreciated.
Continue reading...