MS OFFICE 365 PERSONAL

LGLDSR73-6492 1,480 Reputation points
2026-06-19T15:08:27.1833333+00:00

Greetings,

I have a yearly subscription to MS Office Personal 365. If my system were to irrecoverably crash and I had to purchase a new one, how would I reload Office Personal 365 and recover the contents of OneDrive to the new System? Is my Passkey remembered by my MS Account? Or will my password be required also?

The HP Laptop came with Windows 11 Home preinstalled; I have no Key but that should be imbedded in the System.

The new system likely will come with a Trail of MS Office Personal 365. Should that be uninstalled first?

As I understand it, I can reload Office Personal 365 on up to 5 system as a single User.

Lastly, where can I find what I need to create a Windows-11 Bootable USB?

Many thanks for you assistance.

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DaveM121 934.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-06-19T15:44:20.1+00:00

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When you first subscribed to Microsoft 365 Personal and activated Office that licence becomes associated to your Microsoft Account as a digital licence online and it is from there that you can re-install Office without the need for a product key:

https://account.microsoft.com/services/

2

To create a bootable Windows 11 USB, you will need an empty USB Flash drive (minimum 8GB).

Click this link:  https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

to download the Media Creation Tool (Click on Download Tool Now), with that tool you can automatically create a bootable USB flash drive.

Then, boot your PC from the Installation Media you just created to begin installing Windows 11.

During the installation process skip the steps which ask for a product key and select the option 'I am Reinstalling Windows 11 on this PC'.

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  1. LGLDSR73-6492 1,480 Reputation points
    2026-06-19T15:54:26.3533333+00:00

    Thank you for taking the time to answer so many questions! Greatly appreciated!

    Best,

    Lyman

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    2026-06-19T15:08:55.4533333+00:00

    For a Microsoft 365 Personal subscription, everything is tied to the Microsoft account, not to a specific PC, so recovery on a new device is straightforward.

    1. Reinstall Microsoft 365 Personal on a new PC
      • On the new PC, open a browser and go to the Microsoft account dashboard: https://account.microsoft.com.
      • Sign in with the same Microsoft account that owns the Microsoft 365 Personal subscription.
      • Select the Subscriptions icon in the left pane.
      • Under Products you've purchased or Install Microsoft 365, choose Install to download the installer.
      • Run the installer and complete setup.
      • After installation, open Word or Excel; in most cases the apps activate automatically once the license terms are accepted. If prompted, sign in with the same Microsoft account to activate.
      These steps are described in the reinstall guidance for pre-installed PCs, but the same sign-in and install flow applies generally.
    2. OneDrive files on the new PC
      • OneDrive contents are stored in the cloud under the same Microsoft account.
      • After signing in to Windows or OneDrive with that account on the new PC, OneDrive will sync files back down. No separate product key is needed for OneDrive.
    3. Passkey / password and activation
      • Microsoft 365 Personal is associated with the Microsoft account. The subscription and any product keys are managed online; the account is what matters.
      • When reinstalling, the installer and apps will require signing in with the Microsoft account credentials (password or whatever sign-in method is configured). The subscription status is then read from the account.
    4. Trial Office on the new PC
      • For pre-installed Office on a PC, the recommended process is to uninstall existing Office apps before reinstalling, to avoid conflicts.
      • Use the standard uninstall path (Settings → Apps → Installed apps → Microsoft 365/Office → Uninstall), then reinstall Microsoft 365 Personal by signing in and installing as described above.
    5. Number of devices
      • A single Microsoft 365 Personal subscription is associated with one Microsoft account and can be installed on multiple devices by signing in with that account. The subscription itself is managed and extended through that account; adding more of the same subscription extends time, not device count.
    6. Windows 11 bootable USB
      • The provided context does not include specific steps for creating a Windows 11 bootable USB, so no additional details can be given here.

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