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23 minutes ago, MDH said:

Once I am running windows on another hard drive will it be as easy as deleting windows from my other hard drive (with them both plugged in)?

yeah, but its better if you format the other drive instead of just deleting windows files

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I haven't done it in a long time so I can't really remember, when you want to transfer windows, can you just use your old install disk and reinstall on an SSD or something? If, so whats to stop people from using one copy of windows on multiple machines?

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4 minutes ago, MDH said:

whats to stop people from using one copy of windows on multiple machines?

activation keys only work on one PC at a time

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3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

activation keys only work on one PC at a time

Does the activation key come with the disk, like inside the cover?

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2 minutes ago, MDH said:

Does the activation key come with the disk, like inside the cover?

yes

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2 minutes ago, MDH said:

Does the activation key come with the disk, like inside the cover?

Either that or a sticker

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9 minutes ago, Enderman said:

yes

Once I am running windows on another hard drive will it be as easy as deleting windows from my other hard drive (with them both plugged in)?

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23 minutes ago, MDH said:

Once I am running windows on another hard drive will it be as easy as deleting windows from my other hard drive (with them both plugged in)?

yeah, but its better if you format the other drive instead of just deleting windows files

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1 hour ago, Enderman said:

yeah, but its better if you format the other drive instead of just deleting windows files

Yeah true, okay thanks for your help.

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