[ubuntu-za] Swapping hard drives

[Jan]

Thanks for the sound advice Wes. Yes, it's an OEM version so will 
probably end up with a licence issue. Do you think that there's a chance 
which would justify trying after doing the clonezilla thing?

Best wishes,

Jan


On 13/12/2016 20:44, wesley werner wrote:
> On 13/12/2016 18:57, Jan wrote:
>> So will the Win 7 installation be unhappy enough in the older machine 
>> to justify keeping me from the swap? I am quite interested to see the 
>> SSD performance with a more powerful processor and 8 GB RAM!
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Jan
>>
> Hello Jan
>
> That depends. If it is an OEM version that came pre-installed with the 
> machine, then it is bound to the original motherboard, and dropping 
> the HDD in a new machine will likely invalidate the license, only 
> causing grief.
>
> If it is a retail version of windows, don't feel too lucky just yet. 
> It might still invalidate the license from the hardware change, and 
> you will need to call microsoft to re-activate the license. More grief.
>
> Worst case, you have to buy a new windows license. Other worst case, 
> you have to buy a new windows license.
>
> Jan if you have the time, you can grab clonezilla and snapshot the 
> windows partition before switching the disks, if it does not work out 
> you can at least roll back :)
>
> Wes
>