Hard drive Os Transfer

[EnderCat]

Ok so I have windows 7 on my laptop and soon I am going to be upgrading to a desktop so I was wondering if there was anyway to transfer everything (OS, apps, info stuff like that) on to my new computer. my new computer has a trial version of windows on it right now and I am going to upgrading from windows 7 to windows 10 when I switch hard drives but I just don't have any money left over to buy a brand new windows 10 even from kinguin

[Tiwaz]

1 minute ago, EnderCat said:

Ok so I have windows 7 on my laptop and soon I am going to be upgrading to a desktop so I was wondering if there was anyway to transfer everything (OS, apps, info stuff like that) on to my new computer. my new computer has a trial version of windows on it right now and I am going to upgrading from windows 7 to windows 10 when I switch hard drives but I just don't have any money left over to buy a brand new windows 10 even from kinguin

you could do drive cloning but with that there will be issues with programs not running properly or being disactivated. I'd suggest you to put your data on another drive and do a clean windows install with your windows key, that should be written under your laptop

[EnderCat]

1 minute ago, Tiwaz said:

you could do drive cloning but with that there will be issues with programs not running properly or being disactivated. I'd suggest you to put your data on another drive and do a clean windows install with your windows key, that should be written under your laptop

wait you can use the same activation code on two computers? I am confuzed

[Tiwaz]

8 minutes ago, EnderCat said:

wait you can use the same activation code on two computers? I am confuzed

u might need to call up the support and tell them that you want to use the windows again, not that you cant have it on your laptop then, so if you want to use your laptop you will have to buy a new key

[ProjectBox153]

You can clone the laptop's drive to a desktop drive, but there will be issues such as drivers, hardware differences, etc. I would just do a clean installation of Windows 10. 

[EnderCat]

Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

You can clone the laptop's drive to a desktop drive, but there will be issues such as drivers, hardware differences, etc. I would just do a clean installation of Windows 10. 

how would I clone a drive? btw as I said I can't afford a fresh install of windows 10

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, EnderCat said:

how would I clone a drive? btw as I said I can't afford a fresh install of windows 10

As I mentioned, cloning is NOT a good idea, especially going from a laptop to a desktop. If your new hardware supports Windows 7, then just do a clean installation and use the automated phone service to activate it with the key from the laptop. That's worked for me, but you'll need the same version (Home Premium won't activate Ultimate, etc). 

[EnderCat]

11 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

As I mentioned, cloning is NOT a good idea, especially going from a laptop to a desktop. If your new hardware supports Windows 7, then just do a clean installation and use the automated phone service to activate it with the key from the laptop. That's worked for me, but you'll need the same version (Home Premium won't activate Ultimate, etc). 

so I need to call microsoft support and like ask if they can deactivate then activate my windows 7?

[ProjectBox153]

38 minutes ago, EnderCat said:

so I need to call microsoft support and like ask if they can deactivate then activate my windows 7?

No, when you install Windows there should be an option for you to activate via phone. Do that. 

[vaiwalker]

5 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

No, when you install Windows there should be an option for you to activate via phone. Do that. 

yea that. when you get to the activate windows option, there's a 'by phone' option, check that, and it should usually go through an automated process. but if it doesnt, you can speak with a customer rep and explain that your laptop has died and is no longer in use so you're using this key on a new system that you built. they Usually end up giving you a code to activate the windows.

[EnderCat]

would a good option be just add on the laptop hdd into the desktop and have that kinda to be a boot drive or is that a bad idea?

[ProjectBox153]

1 hour ago, EnderCat said:

would a good option be just add on the laptop hdd into the desktop and have that kinda to be a boot drive or is that a bad idea?

As I said earlier, this is not a good idea. There will be a lot of driver issues, and other things like that.