Pavilion 15-ab032tx: upgrade to 10 windows and need to reinstall, but I only have win 8.1 recovery disk.

Last year I bought a computer hp laptop ab032tx, at the time ' it came with windows 8.1 out of the box. Following the instructions, I made the recovery disc. It was windows 10 launched before. Once windows 10 was released, I immediately upgraded to windows 10. Everything works well so far, but recently, I noticed starting times are long, and things take a lot of time to load. That's why I want to change the 1 TB for one ssd harddrive (a samsung 850 pro, to be exact). But the thing is I want to keep the windows 10.  But the 8.1 windows installation disc.  And since I've already updated I don't know if my current product key will work with windows 8.1. If I download windows 10 microsoft Web site and put it in a USB key, it'll work? Do I have to disable my current product first key (if it is still possible, in other words)? Help, please

Hello

You should be fine and there is no need to disable the current installation.

When you switch from an operating system prior to Windows 10, activation records server a hardware profile on your machine - small changes (like changing a ssd) are almost always very well, while more significant changes (ie the map system to swapping) generally do not.

I personally traded readers several times, then clean installed Windows 10 and he has never had any problems with activation.

As long as your current installation of Windows 10 activated Ok after upgrading 8.1, you can just perform a new installation as described in the guide on the following link.  Note: On the activation screen, select "I have not a product key" - Windows will activate automatically once installation is complete.

http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-Windows-10/

Kind regards

DP - K

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