Building new system, transferring my current boot SSD

xboxguy4life · Jan 9, 2018

A while ago I built a new system for someone who bought new parts with his bootable HDD unformatted.

When i turned the PC on it booted into his old Windows 10 before i built his system and I was dumbfounded. Will this also work for me?? However i believe not as I am going from intel to AMD.

How do I go about using my own copy of windows 10 to my new system? This is from the Windows 8.1 upgrade to Windows 10 pro.

alceryes · Jan 9, 2018

Unfortunately the free 8.1 to 10 upgrade path was strictly one time for that particular system (like OEM OS installs). If you change the system components (MB/CPU), you'll need to buy Windows 10.
It's always best to perform a clean install when upgrading the MB/CPU. Even if it did work I wouldn't be surprised if your Windows 10 became 'unlicensed' when it got around to checking your hardware hash against the license.

xboxguy4life · Jan 9, 2018

alceryes :

Damn, is there any way I can get Windows installed on my PC without spending any extra money??

alceryes · Jan 9, 2018

Other than getting someone else to buy you Windows 10 or going back to an older retail licensed version of Windows (if you have one) -- No.

neiler0847 · Jan 19, 2018

If your previous Windows licence was a retail licence (as opposed to an OEM licence), then you can port it from one system to another.

I had a Windows 8.1 Retail licence on my old machine, which I had upgraded to Windows 10 with the free upgrade path. When I built my next machine and installed Windows 10, I activated Windows 10 with the original Windows 8.1 product key. Microsoft activation servers take care of the rest.

If your previous licence is OEM, you're probably going to need a new licence.

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