I Purchased Windows 10 Pro on my Laptop, how do I move it to my newly built pc?

[TheItalipino]

Title, I bought Windows 10 on my Laptop, how do I remove it off my laptop and put it on my PC?

 

[glamdringfh]

Easiest thing would be to install Windows 10 fresh on your new PC hard drive, just make sure you don't have your laptop drive's copy of Windows 10 active at the same time:

1) Download the Windows 10 installer here and put it on a DVD or USB drive: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

You should still have your Windows 10 Key from your purchase, but if not you can pull it from your laptop with this software: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

[TheItalipino]

Easiest thing would be to install Windows 10 fresh on your new PC hard drive, just make sure you don't have your laptop drive's copy of Windows 10 active at the same time:

1) Download the Windows 10 installer here and put it on a DVD or USB drive: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

You should still have your Windows 10 Key from your purchase, but if not you can pull it from your laptop with this software: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

how do I deactivate my laptops copy?

 

[glamdringfh]

There isn't a 'deactivate' per-se. Did you buy the 'retail' or OEM version of Windows Pro?

If OEM: Your key is technically bound to your laptop's motherboard and will get flagged when you use it on the new PC. From there you'll need to contact Microsoft Support to get it unflagged.

If Retail: You can install the OS on a different computer without having the key flagged. As long as only one computer is currently running Windows 10 you'll be fine.

To get the current OS off your laptop the easiest thing would be:

- Backup any important data off your laptop you want to keep
- Load up the Windows 10 Installer on the Laptop
- Get to the point where you choose which drive to install on, from here choose to delete the laptop's current hard drive partition.
- After that you can format the drive again and close out the installer without moving forward and installing Windows 10 again on the laptop.

This way you've wiped the drive and your laptop won't conflict with your PC's new OS.

 

[USAFRet]

What OS will you then use on the laptop?