Transferring Windows 8

A Wogen

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Sep 10, 2014
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Hello all.
I want to switch hard drives in my desktop computer. The one I have is too small. My question comes in regards to the OS. I have windows 8.1 but I got windows 8 as an upgrade disk a while back (upgrading from windows 7) and the windows 7 was on the computer when I got it (bought it used off of eBay). So how do I go about switching hard drives without having to purchase a new OS? can I use the update disk for Windows 8 somehow? I still have that along with a key.

Thanks!
 
Solution
Remove the old drive. Install Windows 8 on the new drive.

Install the old drive. Copy what you can across to the new drive. Delete partitions and re-format the old drive.