Copying OS from laptop onto external hard drive onto ssd

ray_reeves · Feb 6, 2015

I recently got in all my parts for my computer and built it but i still have no OS. I have several laptops laying around, the one i'm planning on using if i can is windows 7 64bit. I ordered a cable that can connect a laptop hard drive to ssd via sata i believe. Is there any way i can connect my laptop hdd directly to my ssd and transfer the os or could i do it with an external? I also have the disk my ssd came with which is a 850 evo. Thanks, hope you can understand that.

ss202sl · Feb 6, 2015

You need a license - the license on the laptop is tied to the laptop. You also can't just move a laptop OS install to a Desktop - the hardware is completely different, and you'll run into issues. You need to install the OS from disk.

hang-the-9 · Feb 6, 2015

Unless you have a retail version of Windows 7 installed on one of those laptops, and you will no longer be using it, you can't move the license from them. The systems with those Windows 7 stickers from OEM systems like Dell, HP, etc... are not transferable to other systems at all, even if the original computer is shredded and burned.

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