Son's HD failed, need to install Win 10 on a new SSD but we don't have the product key

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Mark Tuttle

Hello!My son is back from college this weekend and his hard drive just completely crashed on us. Completely inaccessible. This was a good excuse to just put in an SSD that we've had laying around. The SSD currently has an old image of my PC and my Windows 10. What I'd like to do is this:1) Reformat the SSD to get rid of my stuff. 2) Install Windows 10 on his SSD. We purchased his Windows 10 in 2018 from Amazon digitally. This was not an OEM version. We don't have the product key but my understanding is that since his motherboard hasn't changed, I should be able to select "I don't have a

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