switching hard drives

[Wuter]

Hi!
So my dad has a old pc i am getting that i can rework into a server, however, he would like to keep his hdd as there are alot of files on that. that is no problem as i still have a hdd laying around, but what does it do to the license? does it just start to show up as not registered? (remember, i am only taking the old hard drive into the new pc i am building for him), or what does it do exactly?

[Ashleyyyy]

theoretically Windows will deactivate and you will need a new license if the old license was an OEM license.

 

if you have a full retail copy of Windows you can transfer the license over to the new system.

[Jrob224]

If you're running Windows 10, you can try and try to connect it to your account. Look at (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12440/windows-10-activate)

 

[Wuter]

52 minutes ago, Ashley said:

theoretically Windows will deactivate and you will need a new license if the old license was an OEM license.

 

if you have a full retail copy of Windows you can transfer the license over to the new system.

Thank you, but i meant does it just automatically go to unlicensed state or what?

29 minutes ago, Jrob224 said:

If you're running Windows 10, you can try and try to connect it to your account. Look at (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12440/windows-10-activate)

 

Thank you very much!