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I have a 1TB hard drive on a computer that has Windows 10 and a couple of programs. I have another computer that has everything but a hard drive. It's my main desktop so I want to transfer the hard drive. If I put the hard drive in my main desktop, will the copy of Windows and the programs stay as they are?
 
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It probably will not boot up. A drive with an existing OS, put into a whole different system, often results in 'not working'.
In the unlikely event it does boot up, you may run into licensing issues.

Where did the Windows 10 come from? An Upgrade from a previous OS (7 or 8.1), or something you bought and installed?
 
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It was a windows 8.1 installation then I upgraded it to windows 10.
 
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I'm not 100% sure what an OEM license is, but I have heard of it before. Its a long story on how we got our windows. Long story short, I upgraded my desktop. Took the scrap parts and made a second one. Called windows and somehow we got my product key back from the original desktop. Installed windows on the scrap computer. I only did this because we are still ordering parts. It is the copy of windows that came with my original desktop we upgraded, but the product key has been used on the scrap computer. I don't want to have to wait to get another windows copy for my original desktop, so yeah.
 
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