old computer running vista - want to add new drive with win8

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limepickle

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Hi, I'm at a bit of a loss here. My new PC (win 8) motherboard died so I have fixed the hard drive to an old Vista machine.

I want it to boot from my new HD (win8) but it will only boot from the old one. I have tried changing boot order etc in BIOS.

When I have vista running I can see and access everything on the new (win8) HD.

Am I missing something obvious?
 
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Phillip Corcoran
If your new PC was factory-built, you cannot 'move' it's pre-installed Windows 8 from it's original system to another system.

The Windows 8 installation is tied to the motherboard of your new PC, so when the motherboard died, that Windows 8 installation effectively died with it.
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If your new PC was factory-built, you cannot 'move' it's pre-installed Windows 8 from it's original system to another system.

The Windows 8 installation is tied to the motherboard of your new PC, so when the motherboard died, that Windows 8 installation effectively died with it.
 
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limepickle

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Thanks - confirmed by the shop that just sold me *another* Win8 disk. Bloody Microsoft ...

 
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