Move whole PC

[dweggg]

Hello there, I was wondering if is there any way to move the whole content of my laptop onto a hard drive. I am planning to build a PC and I don't want to lose the information nor spend a week installing programs and configuiring everything as I like. I'm using Windows 10. Thanks in advance!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The Windows license is probably tied to your laptop.

 

[dweggg]

How can I check that?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Did the Laptop come with windows installed ?, if so you need a new license for your build.

 

[Rexper]

How can I check that?

If on Windows 10, you can run the command prompt and enter slmgr -dli. The description will state whether the operating system is OEM, Retail, or Volume. If it is OEM it's tied to the motherboard. If it is Volume, it is tied to the company it's under. If it's retail you are not restricted to where you use it, as long as you always use 1 key for 1 machine.

 

[dweggg]

At first, it had windows 8, then I upgraded to w8.1 for free, did the trial for w10, came back to w8.1 and then reinstalled w10

 

[dweggg]

How can I check that?

If on Windows 10, you can run the command prompt and enter slmgr -dli. The description will state whether the operating system is OEM, Retail, or Volume. If it is OEM it's tied to the motherboard. If it is Volume, it is tied to the company it's under. If it's retail you are not restricted to where you use it, as long as you always use 1 key for 1 machine.

It says RETAIL channel, so I guess I could do it, but my question is "how?"

 

[dweggg]

How can I check that?

If on Windows 10, you can run the command prompt and enter slmgr -dli. The description will state whether the operating system is OEM, Retail, or Volume. If it is OEM it's tied to the motherboard. If it is Volume, it is tied to the company it's under. If it's retail you are not restricted to where you use it, as long as you always use 1 key for 1 machine.

It says RETAIL channel, so I guess I could do it, but my question is "how?"