“I'm planning to replace my 1TB WD SATA drive w/this drive. 1. If I do a clean install on this SSD, will Windows 10 re-activate correctly? 2. Do I just install this drive, format it & do the clean install?”
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Easiest way would be to install it and use the WD tools to clone your existing drive over to the new one. Once it is done remove old drive and new one will boot up as usual just quicker. This way you don't have to worry about re-activating windows. Unless you have your activation code. In that case I would just do a clean install.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If I understand what you're asking, no. If you take out your old hard drive, you will be taking the operating system with it. If you were to simply plug in your new drive, your computer will boot up with a message saying something to the effect of: "no bootable disk." If you go that route, you will need a Windows installation on a USB drive to install the operating system. Honestly, the easiest thing to do is to purchase a USB to SATA cable and mirror your old hard drive to the new one. Then swap them out. Even if your old drive was cluttered with items, you'll still notice a remarkable improvement in performance.
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