OS Questions, Please Help

IanMinatani · July 7, 2017

Alright, so i've got a current PC:

OS: Windows 8.1 [I upgraded to windows 10 looooong ago, as soon as it allowed me to, i hate windows 8 with a fiery passion]

MoBo: GA-78lmt-usb3

CPU: FX 4100 [Dinosaur]

GPU: Sapphire Nitro RX-480 4gb [Upgraded from an HD 6670]

Ram: Crucial Generic Ram, 8 gigabyte chip, DDr3, probably 1400-1600 MHz (or lower)

HardDrive: 1 Terabyte Hard Drive 7200rpm

PSU: 500w EVGA 80 plus bronze

And i've ordered some parts: New Motherboard, CPU, Ram, Case, a 120gb NVMe SSD [For a boot drive]

I'd like to keep the old hard drive, but use the SSD as a boot drive, i've never upgraded a PC before, and the most i've ever done is install a new graphics card, i have the knowledge of how to build it, heres my question: How do i move my OS to the upgraded PC, i've read around, like i need to uninstall my windows key, then activate it on the new PC or something like that, i dont know, i've also heard that windows 10, the key is bound to your Microsoft Account, idk, I need to know how to do everything, where to download the OS, how to install it to the new pc, everything, im a noob with this stuff xD.

Mira Yurizaki · July 7, 2017

If you have an OEM license, technically you're not allowed to transfer it as per Microsoft's EULA. If you have a retail license, then as long as that license isn't being used on two computers at once, you're within the EULA. I think Microsoft did allow people to bind retail keys to their Microsoft account, but I haven't really used this feature (nor do I want to).

Otherwise, the best way to move is to install the OS on the computer. It's better to start off fresh. If you have data you want to keep on the drive you want to use, move that out to another drive first.