bignastyid :
...OEM system builder versions of windows 8 can be transferred.
"Windows 8 System Builder Product--Personal Use License
OKAY STOP. Please go back to what I said, the OP did not state they 'built' the original computer (i.e. bought 'off the shelf' the System Builder Product, nor Windows Home, nor Windows XYZ and installed it himself). The OP is indicating it came
PRE-Installed, which is a OEM from Dell, Gateway, etc. that the 'old' computer was made by. That means the
OEM Edition is not transferable, period.
PLEASE Let us not confuse the OP with a 'techie builder' answer and the normal 'grandma/average Joe Consumer' answer.