>> Mark,
>>
>> another thing occurs to me, and you may be aware, but if not, best to
>> preempt any surprise.
>>
>> If you're planning to install Windows, you'll need a valid licence key. Microsoft will consider
>> the new build as being an entirely new machine.
>>
>> If you have a full retail version of Windows on the existing machine, then this
>> licence will transfer and activate on the new one (it will work on any machine,
>> but only one at a given time).
>>
>> If, however, the licence on the current m/c is an OEM one (quite likely as
>> you didn't build it), then it is tied to that m/c, won't transfer, and you'll
>> need a new version (at cost).
>>
>> This isn't specific to the components you've bought; anything more than a change of drive(s)
>> etc. will bring that, and a change of m/b (which you can't really avoid) is
>> definitely a new m/c.
I have transferred a hard drive from one machine to another, with a different motherboard, and CPU, and it - windows 10 OEM - worked (and updated fine) and then transferred to to another machine with yet another motherboard and CPU (so thats a third) and it updated and runs fine. So the copy of OEM I got wasnt restricted.
Marks build will be with a new primary hard drive type, but similar size, so I guess he might have been planning to clone the existing drive. With such a leap in technology involved, I would suggest cloning (or a restore) is unwise. A clean install is the way to go. With the license issues you highlighted.
Last edited by: Zero on Thu 3 Sep 20 at 21:43
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