Windows 10

[CrazieChipmunk]

If i have it installed on my hard drive nad is non activated can i use it in my new pc to boot from windows, yes i know its not on a ssd but i can move it i assume

[Mira Yurizaki]

4 minutes ago, CrazieChipmunk said:

If i have it installed on my hard drive nad is non activated can i use it in my new pc to boot from windows, yes i know its not on a ssd but i can move it i assume

Yes. Windows doesn't really care what it booted from previously or if it's activated.

[CrazieChipmunk]

ok ty so when i boot into bios it will just go to windows

[TetraSky]

It shouldn't pose any issues, Windows will reconfigure itself on boot for the new hardware.

 

I did hear that there were some issues if you go from AMD to Intel and have the software for their CPU installed... but that's pretty much it.

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, CrazieChipmunk said:

ok ty so when i boot into bios it will just go to windows

If you boot into the BIOS menu you'll get the BIOS menu :P

 

But anyway, it should just boot afterwards.

[CrazieChipmunk]

@tetra sky what about from intel to amd

[goto10]

i did that a week ago, i kept the install, i just let it boot, windows did some sort of installation on the first boot with new hardware and thats it

 

later you can buy the license and use it or leave it wirt the beautiful watermark telling you to buy the license!

[CrazieChipmunk]

@goto10 ok thank you, did you have to delete old intel drivers and nividia 

[goto10]

well, i kept everything but motherboard, cpu and ram, the rest was the same

 

i didnt installed motherboard drivers, ethernet drivers, sound card drivers

 

all just worked to be honest

 

well, no idea if the sound card works or not, i use hdmi to monitor and there i connect speakers, so sound card is unused here, just as it was with previous pc

 

gpu drivers were the same so i bet windows just reused them

 

i will check later, but to be honest, windows behaves abit like linux now, detects and installs things by itself rather well

[homeap5]

Ghostbuster tool is good for remove ghosted drivers. But you must be careful - not all ghosted drivers should be removed - only those that you're sure are from old motherboard.