HP prodesk booting wo win10 setup instead of ssd with (already used) installed windows

[jannisfrey]

Hello there
So we just bought a new HP prodesk for work to replace another pc. i took the SSD with the os out of the old rig and put it in the new prodesk, set boot priority to the SSD and tried booting it up. It booted to windows setup, which it of course shouldn't have. I even removed the M.2 that came with the prodesk (60% of the pcb are empty... what a disappointment) and it still booted to the setup. the ssd is not faulty and works perfectly fine, all the data is still on it (checked with an icy box sata reader/duplicator)
can anyone help me with this issue? thanks in advantage!
j-

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"It booted to windows setup, which it of course shouldn't have".

Why shouldn't it have?

It's telling you that you need to do a fresh install of Windows because you've moved it to different hardware.
I know it's Windows 10 but don't believe all the hype about being able to move it on to a different motherboard.
Sometimes it works -- but more often not. Especially with OEM pre-installed Windows.

 

[ElectrO_90]

You cannot take a SSD/HDD from one computer and put it into another, it just won't work. Unless its exactly the same computer motherboard, or you will run into complications.