Laptop Hard Drive into Desktop

[Manu_8]

I'm planning to build a budget gaming PC and I recently found out you can put your laptop hard drive into a desktop. I was wondering if doing this would mean that the OS would work on my desktop and I wouldn't have to buy a copy of Windows, and if there would be any problem with booting it up because it obviously won't have the correct drivers.
Thanks

 

[BadAsAl]

May or may not boot, you can try it and see if it works.
What version of Windows is on the laptop?

 

[BadAsAl]

If Windows is pre-installed on a PC, it lives and dies with that PC. You cannot use it on another PC. Even if you get the desktop to boot, it will require you to activate Windows, which will fail. You could buy a new retail key and just change it once you have the desktop booting, thus not having to re-install Windows from scratch.

 

[Manu_8]

If Windows is pre-installed on a PC, it lives and dies with that PC. You cannot use it on another PC. Even if you get the desktop to boot, it will require you to activate Windows, which will fail. You could buy a new retail key and just change it once you have the desktop booting, thus not having to re-install Windows from scratch.

So my files will be ok, I'll just have to buy a Windows retail key and download the correct drivers and everything will work right?

 

[BadAsAl]

Well, if you can get it to boot then yes, files will be okay, programs too. And once you update the drivers it should run normally.