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My neighbor indicates her Gateway SX2110G Windows 10 returns "No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed." Assume that the hard drive has failed and needs replacing.

It's an older machine, so I ordered an SSD and plan to install Win-10 from USB stick. When activating, will the MS activation server recognize the configuration details (CPU serial, LAN MAC ID, etc.) and activate the fresh SSD Win-10 install?

I would like to understand the obstacles to activation, because if it is too much, then I will consider an alternative (Ubuntu).

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The windows activation status belongs to the mother board or a Microsoft account, you just need to install the same version of windows eg.windows 10 home then it will automatic activated when you connect to internet after install. take a look this link https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/windows-10-activation-after-replacing-hdd-with-ssd/1f285b64-abb3-487f-8459-5a253183f1b0

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