Transferring a hard drive from one computer to another?

WeberIsHere

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Mar 27, 2013
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Just finished building a new system which means its completely blank. now i just need to know, if possible, weather or not i could transfer my old hard drive (which consists of games, applications, and most importantly Windows 7) to a new computer with the attempt of it being a boot drive to get windows onto the new computer.
 
or it might ask............ it seems something has changed blah, blah, blah. do you want to reactivate? if that happens just say yes and go through the process. otherwise you will need to reformat. or you can buy a new drive, install on that and later install your old HD and try and pull stuff off it.
 

Qantumbyte Kid

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Mar 21, 2015
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According to this post it should be possible:
http://www.oxhow.com/transfer-installed-windows-7-to-a-new-computer/

I have the problem that my previous pc broke down. I hope I will find a solution for that one too. Cheers.