[Windows 10] Digital License (HWID) & KMS38™ Generation

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The reason I told you to remove all the other drives has to do with disk internals, such as the boot record and the BCD. Installing a new disk and installing Windows on it will leave the boot record and BCD on one (or two) of the old disks. So when you boot, it will be a little slower. It will also cause your system to not boot if you ever remove the old disk(s). By removing all the old disks and just leaving the new disk it forces Windows to create all the disk structures on the new disk. If you add the disks later, after Windows has been installed, it will add those disks to the new BCD on the new drive.

If you write to the SSD after you've installed it as a secondary drive, it's possible that you will corrupt it's ability to boot, or run Windows. Of course, just adding documents or files to the SSD probably won't mess anything up, but you really shouldn't mess with it until you decide you don't need to go back to it.

In my opinion, the concern about Windows telemetry is overrated. Google tracks a heck of a lot more information than Windows does, and most people don't even worry that their Android phone is listening to them all the time. If you're really concerned, turn off all the privacy options during install, and don't use Cortana or One Note.