How to move Windows 10 (Retail) from one pc to another

Marshal Doge · October 15, 2016

So im building a new PC, and i wanted to move my Windows 10 from my old PC to the new one (Im reusing the CPU and HDD from the old PC). Any help?

vorticalbox · October 15, 2016

Plug hard drive into the new computer and hope windows works. I actually changed my mobo and CPU from intel i3 to AMD 8350 and windows updated to the new configuration without any problems at all.

Another option is to get your serial with

(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey

And then do a fresh install.

GoodBytes · October 15, 2016

Nothing special to do.

Just install Windows 10 on the other computer. Just don't turn on the other system with network connection, until you format the OS (if not, they'll fight for activation). Or you can do like what vorticalbox is saying, which removes the product key from the OS, so that in the case you turn on the old system, it won't activate and cause you problems.