Laptop/Desktop conversion

[MrGamma195]

so im starting to build a gaming pc im going to take out the hard drive from my laptop and put it in my desktop along side a 1 terabyte drive i was wondering since i have a version of windows already install on this drive if i need to install the drivers for my new equipment before i move it over to the desktop 

[Samppa221]

It will deactivate the windows...

[MrGamma195]

It will deactivate the windows...

are you serious i watch a youtube video of a guy moving his hard drive with no issue that sucks

[Chasem121]

so im starting to build a gaming pc im going to take out the hard drive from my laptop and put it in my desktop along side a 1 terabyte drive i was wondering since i have a version of windows already install on this drive if i need to install the drivers for my new equipment before i move it over to the desktop 

As @Samppa221 said, it will deactivate windows if thats something you care about. But anyway, no. Install the necessary drivers after you put it into the new computer. Make sure to uninstall old drivers as well.

[Tycho]

are you serious i watch a youtube video of a guy moving his hard drive with no issue that sucks

why no fresh install? it'll work much better

[TheRandomness]

are you serious i watch a youtube video of a guy moving his hard drive with no issue that sucks

 

 

It will deactivate the windows...

If you've already installed windows onto the 1TB drive it should be fine...

 

EDIT: Unless I've misunderstood this and windows is on the laptop drive, in which case you'd have to reinstall.

[Lord_Karango17]

windows will deactivate when you replace components like the motherboard, so changing a whole system will likely make it freak out.

 

Doing a fresh install with that key is a better idea, as it will be a clean slate.

[MrGamma195]

the 1tb drive is going to be blank until i install programs then my laptop hard drive will be the os hard drive, will i still be able to use the version of windows till i register it again i also got the free windows 10 upgrade so theres no key

[Chasem121]

the 1tb drive is going to be blank until i install programs then my laptop hard drive will be the os hard drive, will i still be able to use the version of windows till i register it again i also got the free windows 10 upgrade so theres no key

Yes you will be able to use it, windows will still work while deactivated. However I would still recommend reinstalling windows anyway. Driver and registry issues may be a problem

[Enderman]

you should do a clean install

 

it will be far easier than having to deal with calling microsoft to reactivate windows, removing all the old drivers, installing the new drivers, reconfiguring all the windows settings, and a whole bunch of other crap

[d3sl91]

you should do a clean install

 

it will be far easier than having to deal with calling microsoft to reactivate windows, removing all the old drivers, installing the new drivers, reconfiguring all the windows settings, and a whole bunch of other crap

 

why no fresh install? it'll work much better

 

I would still recommend reinstalling windows anyway. Driver and registry issues may be a problem

 

 

Doing a fresh install with that key is a better idea, as it will be a clean slate.

 

 

This. 

 

There is also the chance that it will purely not work at all, if the chipset and other components are different enough. 

 

But before you try ANYTHING. 100% backup everything from both drives you care about. 1 wrong step and its all gone.

 

If you do get it to work, just plan on doing a clean install anyway. When you buy the new windows 10 key that you will inevitably have to anyway, just plan on doing a clean install. 

[MrGamma195]

well i guess ill be installing linux first then get windows to work