Sorry if this is a common/newbie question but I need help with this situation. I currently have an old Dell PC which I got about 6 (I think) years ago running on Windows 7 which is slowly dying on me and it's time for me to get a new one which I am building myself. The one problem I have is that the old PC currently has a lot of software (mainly music software) that I had either bought or been given from companies which only had one usage licence codes. With the new build and being a student I won't really have the money to repurchase an licences and the ones given to me I will be unable to get again. I haven't started planning any parts of the new build yet as I felt I should deal with this before doing anything else.
So basically my question is: Can I simply just move the hard drive and use it as a boot drive in my new build? I understand that having the new hardware would mean installing drivers and stuff, but could I not just do that with the hard drive in the current PC and then transfer it into the new one?
Sorry again if this is an annoying question.
So basically my question is: Can I simply just move the hard drive and use it as a boot drive in my new build? I understand that having the new hardware would mean installing drivers and stuff, but could I not just do that with the hard drive in the current PC and then transfer it into the new one?
Sorry again if this is an annoying question.