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I did a test which shows that you can boot from a Windows 10 installation with different hardware.

I have connected my old Hard drive to a Lenovo Laptop (Intel Core i3 CPU , my damaged PC has an Intel Core i5 CPU). The System boots. After some seconds a screen with "Getting Devices ready" appears, and after 10 minutes the system was restarted and booted normally. After this I installed new device drivers, and everything seems to be working well. Of course, the activation problem remains.

I'm not sure whether it will work just as well going from an Intel to an AMD based system or vice versa.

Additionally, I've found a claim that : "... Unlike Windows 7. Windows 8/10 is very forgiving. If you take out the HD and put in another MB, Windows will boot and recognize the missing drivers and will attempt to install them ..."

Source: http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/16276-moving-current-hdd-win10-another-pc-different-motherboard.html

Could anybody confirm this last statement?

I did a test which shows that you can boot from a Windows 10 installation with different hardware.

I have connected my old Hard drive to a Lenovo Laptop (Intel Core i3 CPU , my damaged PC has an Intel Core i5 CPU). The System boots. After some seconds a screen with "Getting Devices ready" appears, and after 10 minutes the system was restarted and booted normally. After this I installed new device drivers, and everything seems to be working well. Of course, the activation problem remains.

I'm not sure whether it will work just as well going from an Intel to an AMD based system or vice versa.

Additionally, I've found a claim that : "... Unlike Windows 7. Windows 8/10 is very forgiving. If you take out the HD and put in another MB, Windows will boot and recognize the missing drivers and will attempt to install them ..."

Source: http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/16276-moving-current-hdd-win10-another-pc-different-motherboard.html

Update: Second test , I've put my HDD to a Dell laptop , so a totally different Motherboard. The same behavior : The system boot , after I see a "Getting Devices Ready" screen , and after 7-8 minutes Windows is open. I have installed new drivers and everything works fine.

I did a test which shows that you can boot from a Windows 10 installation with different hardware.

I have connected my old Hard drive to a Lenovo Laptop ( with Intel Core i3 CPU , my damaged PC has an intel core i5 CPU).

  The System boots. After some seconds a screen with "Getting Devices ready" appears, and after 10 minutes the system was restarted and booted normally. Of course, after this I should install new device drivers. Also, I have the activation problem, but at least the system is booting .

I'm not sure whether it will work just as well going from an Intel to an AMD based system or vice versa.

Additionally, I've found a claim that : "... Unlike Windows 7. Windows 8/10 is very forgiving. If you take out the HD and put in another MB, Windows will boot and recognize the missing drivers and will attempt to install them ..."

Source: http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/16276-moving-current-hdd-win10-another-pc-different-motherboard.html

Could anyboday confirm this last statement?

I did a test which shows that you can boot from a Windows 10 installation with different hardware.

I have connected my old Hard drive to a Lenovo Laptop (Intel Core i3 CPU , my damaged PC has an Intel Core i5 CPU). The System boots. After some seconds a screen with "Getting Devices ready" appears, and after 10 minutes the system was restarted and booted normally. After this I installed new device drivers, and everything seems to be working well. Of course, the activation problem remains.

I'm not sure whether it will work just as well going from an Intel to an AMD based system or vice versa.

Additionally, I've found a claim that : "... Unlike Windows 7. Windows 8/10 is very forgiving. If you take out the HD and put in another MB, Windows will boot and recognize the missing drivers and will attempt to install them ..."

Source: http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/16276-moving-current-hdd-win10-another-pc-different-motherboard.html

Could anybody confirm this last statement?

I did a test.

I have connected my old Hard drive to a Lenovo Laptop ( with Intel Core i3 CPU , my damaged PC is also intel based Core I5 Pc).

The System is booting , after some seconds a screen with " Getting Devices ready" appear , and after 10 minutes the system was restarted and boot normally. Of course  , after I should install new device drivers  , and i have the activation problem  , but at least the system is booting .

I don't know if this method is going to work if I try my hard drive on an AMD based system !!!

Also , I've found this link : http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/16276-moving-current-hdd-win10-another-pc-different-motherboard.html , and someone claim that : "... Unlike Windows 7. Windows 8/10 is very forgiving. If you take out the HD and put in another MB, Windows will boot and recognize the missing drivers and will attempt to install them ..."

I don't know if this is true ?? !!

I did a test which shows that you can boot from a Windows 10 installation with different hardware.

I have connected my old Hard drive to a Lenovo Laptop ( with Intel Core i3 CPU , my damaged PC has an intel core i5 CPU).

The System boots. After some seconds a screen with "Getting Devices ready" appears, and after 10 minutes the system was restarted and booted normally. Of course, after this I should install new device drivers. Also, I have the activation problem, but at least the system is booting .

I'm not sure whether it will work just as well going from an Intel to an AMD based system or vice versa.

Additionally, I've found a claim that : "... Unlike Windows 7. Windows 8/10 is very forgiving. If you take out the HD and put in another MB, Windows will boot and recognize the missing drivers and will attempt to install them ..."

Source: http://www.tenforums.com/drivers-hardware/16276-moving-current-hdd-win10-another-pc-different-motherboard.html

Could anyboday confirm this last statement?