Thanks. This will all be done on a backup computer, not my main gig computer. Just upgrading the backup with an SSD (the main one already has it).
Now the next gig is in 5 weeks so I have some time to get through this. If there's any more safety in deactivating / reactivating I am glad to do so, just let me know. The current HDD will be cloned to an SDD, then I will swap them out internally in the same computer.
Thanks.