Moving my HDD

Look under System and see if the Product ID number has a OEM in it.

Here is the thing. If its a OEM and activated. You change the motherboard, its going to freak out and not activate
 
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i dont see a product id or oem. Just windows edition- windowws 7 pro copy right 2009 service pack one then under my processer says 32 bit.
 
In other words, is the word OEM inside the circled area in this image in your product ID on the same page?

 
Do the letters OEM appear inside the product key? If so, then you have an OEM license.
 
Then you will have an issue with reactivation. You may not be able to get it activated. Microsoft may or may not reactivate it for you since the old motherboard is still working.
 
johnb35 said:
Then you will have an issue with reactivation. You may not be able to get it activated. Microsoft may or may not reactivate it for you since the old motherboard is still working.
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shh my old computer broke end of story:)need to reinstall anyways back to hdd and sdds. im yet to open up and check but what are the possibilities. If they are hdds then we have reached a possible solution(remove the drives for motherboard and try it) but what are my options if it is an sdd of the one thingy with the 2 partitions and what are my options there and if i can just move the os to a new sdd and go from there
 
Sorta confused by your question. So you do have a Windows CD/DVD? Doesn't really matter if its 2 harddrives or 1 with two partitions. Do you know if you have a SSD or just 2 mechanical? Do you have 2 computers or are we just talking about 1 computer?
 
StrangleHold said:
Sorta confused by your question. So you do have a Windows CD/DVD? Doesn't really matter if its 2 harddrives or 1 with two partitions. Do you know if you have a SSD or just 2 mechanical? Do you have 2 computers or are we just talking about 1 computer?
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so i have 1 computer now. i want to upgrade said computer by taking the hdd or sdd whatever i have now and putting it into a new used case(with newer components instead of buying a new motherboard and cpu)so i may upgrade to windows 10. So right now the plan is too take the hdd or sdd and un install the drivers for the motherboard then putting into the new(not new but new to me) computer and hoping it boots up and fixes the hardware problem so i have the same computer but running through the components of the new case and upgrading to windows 10. John mentioned throwing in an sdd instead of the hdds. Will that help this process, do the same thing but in a different way, or will in no way make a difference in this process
 
Riley Melgoza said:
Hello. I'm new so please don't hate on my stupidity so. I purchased an older Alienware desktop to run some business software that requires good graphics. The guy I bought it from does professional Windows Os installs so the os I nice and other stuff on the boot hhd. Sadly I was expecting to upgrade to windows 10 but I ran into road blocks and found that my Amd Athlon 64 processer and corisponding motherboard were the reason I can't upgrade. So I've been searching for another Alienware case the has a better motherboard and Intel i7(3rd gen) cpu. But my question is will I be able to get take my boot HDD and put it into the new computer. I'm not an expert but shouldn't it just boot the same "computer" but using the new computers components?
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Back to your first post. It seems you have a OEM OS. So no, you cant put another motherboard and CPU in it. There are ways to get it to boot, (but) microshaft will not activate it. To many changes for a OEM install. When its activated the first time it matches the hardware to the install, doesn't matter if you use a different harddrive or not. Its mostly connected to the motherboard.

Same as I said above. If you take the harddrive out and put it in another computer, if you can get it to boot it will deactivate it. You might be able to contact microshaft and tell them the board died and had to be replaced with a different CPU and motherboard. Its up in the air if they will go for it or not and activate it.
 
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