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Transferring Windows 7 from Laptop to new Desktop

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andrewboon

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Hi everyone I just have two quick questions 🙂

I am building a brand new PC from scratch and I do not want to spend 100$ on a brand new operating system when I have one from my laptop. My laptop is really crappy, but the hard drive is still in excellent condition. It has Windows 7 on it and I was wondering if I could somehow transfer the Windows 7 from that hard drive to my new desktop hard drive.


Also is it possible to just use my laptop hard drive in my new desktop instead of getting a brand new hard drive? It would be much easier than doing what I said in the above paragraph, because I have a bunch of important files on my laptop hard drive.

If none of the above is possible, does anyone have a suggestion with how to transfer my files from my laptop to my desktop? I also have a Windows Vista disk I can use to install to my new desktop if nothing works.

Thank you for the help! 🙂
 
Sorry, but...
The laptop OS is an OEM version locked to that machine.
It violates the MS EULA to use it on a different PC.

As far as transferring your files, there are several ways...
Copy over via network, USB stick, DVD-R, etc.
 
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