Timeline for Moving HDD with Windows from one motherboard to another
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 13:26 | history | edited | I say Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 28, 2017 at 10:15 | vote | accept | Joe021 | ||
| Nov 20, 2017 at 1:23 | answer | added | I say Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 23:24 | comment | added | Appleoddity | You shouldn’t have any trouble, but I suppose I can’t say that for sure if you’ve got some really new hardware or some special setup like RAID. | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 23:21 | comment | added | barlop | @Appleoddity will sysprep also let windows load up on a motherboard with a different chipset? I see techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/… it mentions something about "hardware extraction layer" | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 23:16 | comment | added | barlop | @MichaelBay Of course a straight answer is possible | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 21:12 | comment | added | Appleoddity | If you get the BIOS setup properly it’ll be fine. BUT, you have to sysprep the machine using the /generalize switch before transferring it. Windows will then set itself back up on the new hardware. You’ll still have to load drivers on the new system. Do not activate windows with the product key before you move it, leave it unactivated. Otherwise, you’ll likely be calling Microsoft too to explain why you are trying to activate again on different hardware. Do this wrong and it’ll cost you more time and headaches than you bargained for. | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 20:19 | comment | added | user772515 | A straight answer is not possible. It may or may not boot. If the machines are similar enough it may work, otherwise you'll have to boot the installation media and repair. And either way, I don't know if it will activate properly after detecting a new hardware (motherboard) as usual (retail and volume license are transferable; OEMs are NOT). BIOS/UEFI is something to consider also. | |
| Nov 19, 2017 at 20:08 | history | edited | Joe021 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2017 at 19:48 | history | asked | Joe021 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |