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Windows will, however, no longer acknowledge your license key. At least that is what happened when I swapped a Windows installation from an Intel system into an
by matrss 3y ago
Windows will, however, no longer acknowledge your license key. At least that is what happened when I swapped a Windows installation from an Intel system into an AMD system.
- toast0 3y agoIf you switch to a Microsoft account instead of a local account before you move your install, you can often recover your license once Windows processes the hardware change (sometimes it takes several attempts over a few reboots, their license server is special), and once that happens, you can go back to a local account, if Microsoft didn't remove that flow.
- raudette 3y agoWith Windows 10, I have unplugged the primary storage from an old laptop, and plugged it into a new one, without issue. The system booted, no license issues.
- wtallis 3y agoLikely because on a laptop there's usually a Windows license embedded in an ACPI table. As long as you weren't moving a Pro edition installation to a machine that only had a key for Home edition, it would silently handle any re-activation necessary.