Move SSD between two OEM PCs

[Brother D]

I need to upgrade my PC from an old HP to new Optiplex.

I've seen a newish Optiplex without a hard drive which previously had an OEM HD in it, but has been removed for security.

Can I do a straight install of my HP SSD? Will there be an issue with licencing even thou both PCs are OEM?

(My old HP has a number of applications for which I no longer have the media or keys and need to keep, so I can't do a wipe and fresh copy install on new PC).

Thanks in advance

[mph999]

I suspect a bigger issue than a licence will be it booting ...

If you moved the drive to absolutely identicle hardware it would be fine, different hardware, especially motherboard and processor will be a no go.

Regarding the license, if it's an omn install of Windows, you cannot legally transfer this to another machine.

[Brother D]

Thanks for the response, it wouldn't have an issue booting, driver management in windows is pretty good. Doing a bit of research it looks like it may work with acronis which can remove the hardware abstraction layer, so would just be a case of re-registering windows -which might be the sticky point.