OS Transfer from HDD?

Ricster-a

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Hi, I purchased a system around 2-3 years ago which had a pre installed OS on it's HDD, but i'm now looking to build my first PC and was wondering if there is anyway to transfer the pre installed OS from my HDD onto a new SSD?
 
Not easily and when people do that it usually comes with a ton of issues. If you uninstall EVERYTHING so you have just the base OS you can image it to the SSD, but even then there are problems. You cannot just put it in the new computer as windows has drivers for the old computer installed and your new motherboard will not accept the windows installation. It will require a new product key.

Long story short, no, reinstall windows