Laptop HDD Swap to Desktop

[Starfox2020]

Hi all! I'm not sure if this should go here or not, but as it pertains to storage, I suppose this is the best fit. Right now I have a HP Pavilion DV7 laptop, which is a few years old now and the screen is breaking down. I'm planning on building a desktop soon and I'm pricing everything out and I'm wondering if I can switch my HDD in my laptop to my dekstop, and how I would go about doing that. The drive in question is a Hitachi 5k750-750.

My second question pertains to software, specifically Windows 10. It came with the laptop(well Windows 7, but automatically upgraded), and I'm wondering if that could transfer over as well. Thank you so much for helping me out!

 

[Robert Cook]

yes, you can just plug that laptop HDD in set it as the boot drive, and you will run its copy of windows 10, and still be able to access the other drive. note that is a slower drive.

 

[smorizio]

with windows it locked oem to your laptop mb when you move the drive and power on it ask for a new key to register. also windows most time will not boot when you do a move like that has the drivers for the old mb and new mb are not the same and windows may barf all over itself.

 

[Robert Cook]

The OEM point it valid. hence why I avoid OEM copies. forgot to ask about that.

 

[Starfox2020]

Thanks guys!

 

[USAFRet]

The physical drive will work. Slowly.
The OS on that drive will not work.

It will not boot, and even in the tiny possibility it does, the activation will fail.

You are building a new desktop. Part of the budget for a desktop includes the OS. Just like the RAM/CPU/motherboard/PSU.

Your new PC needs its own OS.