Using one drive with one OS on several PC's

[Some Mad Poppy]

Hello guys,

I have a question. I've got two computers (one old laptop, and a replacement of the old). So I pulled apart the old one to get certain pieces e.g. memory and the interesting part: the HDD with Windows 7 installed. Due to the age of my new laptop and my interest in gaming, I'm saving money to someday build a gaming tower. In my ne laptop, there is also an HDD (1Tb) and an SSD (with Windows 10 installed). So my problem is: I don't want to use the oldest laptop anymore and got a HDD (with Windows 7) which I could put in my newer laptop, to put both the drives from the newer laptop in my future gaming machiene (1Tb HDD and SSD with Windows 10). Is there the possibility tp use the windows keys two times. Just put a new download of Windows 7 on the old HDD and put it in the new laptop and use the old code, and put the HDD(1Tb) and the SSD (Windows 10) and do the same with this Windows? Or do i need to purchase an other license key for a seperate windows system for my future machiene. Or is there any other way of putting a drive with OS ,which was running on a seperate machiene, in a new computer?

 

Thanks for your replies :-)

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

With Windows, the chances of it successfully booting is slim to none when you just swap drives with OSes installed like that. With Linux on the other hand, it's usually no problem.

 

Even if you managed to get Windows to boot in another system, it's not going to be stable so random bugs and bluescreens will be common.

[SCHISCHKA]

OEM is tied to your motherboard so windows DRM throws a fit when you change too much hardware. Retail you can slut around but the official documentation says to uninstall and reinstall. There are ways around it but re-installing is faster IMO. Windows 10 iso has repair tools to help you be a hardware slut

[maz]

I'm never said this, but it's possible to install W7, pirate it with software, than do a free windows 10 upgrade.