How easy is it to swap data from one hard drive to another?

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If you are moving the OS you may have to contact Microsoft to reactivate. The eula states is only licensed for activation one time. MS does make exceptions for Hardware upgrades and failures
 

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I see, what if I were to install a hard drive in my system next week and install Windows 8 Pro OEI on it. Then when I want to build a new PC around June would I be able to switch this new Hard drive to a new motherboard? Or would I run into the same problem. I heard that with OEI is bit different to OEM but I'm not sure how.
 


What's OEI?

I suppose you could move the Win8 drive as long as the motherboard is of similar chipset, but it would be nice to get some verification from MS on that.