Career Paths In Psychology Sternberg Pdf Editor. Hello My existing HDD in my Acer Aspire 5740 MS2286 laptop has bad sectors, so although it is booting, I am unable to clone the same to my SSD So I think I will have to do a fresh install of the software on a new SSD. I plan to make a bootable USB and download the Windows 10 from Microsoft and install the same and then activate the same using my existing software key. Although I have done fresh install in a desktop, I have no idea about laptops OS. Can i just go ahead and do it?

Will my laptop boot normally after OS installation or will it require any special ACER software before it can boot? Thanks for advising. Did you the Windows 10 upgrade prior to the HDD failing? If so, then there is no problem with activation, it will automatically activate when connected to the internet. Just click skip when it asks you for a product key. If you didn't do the upgrade, then you can still do a clean install without first doing the upgrade (like it was when they first released Windows 10. Just use your old Windows product key when asked for a product key.