I recently upgraded my HDD to an SSD. I would prefer for my work to have Linux on my SSD. However, I need to be able to boot windows as well. I already had a windows Installation on my HDD which I converted into a USB HDD via a HDD enclosure case. Is there any way to keep using the already Installed Windows that was on my HDD to boot via USB? I do not want to reinstall Windows since the licensed OS which came bundled with my laptop is already installed on the HDD.
tldr; Upgraded Laptop HDD to SSD. Now want to Boot Windows 8.1 OS on replaced HDD via USB.
Any help will be appreciated.