Change System Drive on Win 8 Pro Upgrade?

[Silver0066]

I have it activated. I would like to replace the system drive with a new SSD drive and use that in the same computer. I would use an imaging program to backup, replace the drive, and recover to the system to the new SSD.

Will that affect my activation status?

Many thanks,

 

[alphanumeric]

Maybe but probably not. Even if it does, it shouldn't be a problem activating it again. You are allowed some hardware changes. Swapping out the hard drive shouldn't be a big deal as far as activation goes.