I have a Sony laptop which came with Win 7 home edition. I bought the Windows 8 Pro upgrade when the OS was first released. Now my laptop is on Win 8.1 Pro (free upgrade to 8.1). I am planning to build a new desktop and my question is, can I use the license key of Windows 8 Pro upgrade of my laptop to make a fresh install on a completely new PC? If so, how can I do it?
Or should I buy a new OS copy altogether(which would suck)?
What I've seen on many forums is that I could make a bootable usb/disk by downloading the image from Microsoft website and uninstall the Upgrade key from my laptop and then install the entire OS on my new PC using the same key via bootable USB. I've read that Microsoft allows reusing the key(starting with Windows 8) but it should be present only on one PC at any point of time. Is this true and a genuine way? I'm clueless. I am concerned because I need to re-customize my entire rig so that I could accommodate the cost of a Windows OS(which is ridiculously high).
Thanks a lot, in advance.
Or should I buy a new OS copy altogether(which would suck)?
What I've seen on many forums is that I could make a bootable usb/disk by downloading the image from Microsoft website and uninstall the Upgrade key from my laptop and then install the entire OS on my new PC using the same key via bootable USB. I've read that Microsoft allows reusing the key(starting with Windows 8) but it should be present only on one PC at any point of time. Is this true and a genuine way? I'm clueless. I am concerned because I need to re-customize my entire rig so that I could accommodate the cost of a Windows OS(which is ridiculously high).
Thanks a lot, in advance.