Windows not activated after new HD

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Eskimojnr

I recently tried to refurbish an old PC that was running Win10 Enterprise by replacing the HD with a SSD, then installing Win10 from scratch using a USB boot thumb drive. I chose Windows 10 Home when presented with the choice, as I plan to give that PC to my wife and don't see the relevance in it being Enterprise for her. I can still see the Windows serial number under the PC. But when Windows is running now, it says it isn't activated and my efforts to activate it by entering the serial number produce this error message "Windows reported that no product key was found on your device.

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