Recycling hard drives

[Giants mountain]

Hello freindly people of Linus tech tips

I know a little about building pc's however this has been bugging for a while. I have a 1tb western digital hard drive with windows 8.1 on it. After watching scrapyard wars Luke said that you could always save money buy using a hard drive that already has an is Os on it. If so would I be able to use my hard drive in a new build without having to buy a new Os? Thanks

[Arty]

Hello freindly people of Linus tech tips

I know a little about building pc's however this has been bugging for a while. I have a 1tb western digital hard drive with windows 8.1 on it. After watching scrapyard wars Luke said that you could always save money buy using a hard drive that already has an is Os on it. If so would I be able to use my hard drive in a new build without having to buy a new Os? Thanks

if u have the key 

yes

if not

maybe

 

 

depends of it still stays activated

 

but if you have key, you can re activate it

[MeDownYou]

Hello freindly people of Linus tech tips

I know a little about building pc's however this has been bugging for a while. I have a 1tb western digital hard drive with windows 8.1 on it. After watching scrapyard wars Luke said that you could always save money buy using a hard drive that already has an is Os on it. If so would I be able to use my hard drive in a new build without having to buy a new Os? Thanks

I believe you need to read this thread :

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/106642-how-to-keep-your-current-windows-install-with-a-new-motherboard/

 

 

should work you'll just need to install the drivers once it gets up and running (be sure to write down the key just incase though if possible)

[Giants mountain]

if u have the key 

yes

if not

maybe

 

 

depends of it still stays activated

 

but if you have key, you can re activate it

Hmm ok

I took it from an aio pc so maybe ill be alright fingers crossed

[MrBucket101]

Hmm ok

I took it from an aio pc so maybe ill be alright fingers crossed

if its an AIO, there should be a sticker on the bottom/back/somewhere that has the key on it