Question Replacing new laptop's HDD with my old one

[username2148]

My Dell Inspiron 3552 got destroyed recently but luckily I was able to retrieve the HDD. I'm currently planning to get a Latitude E6410 and replacing the HDD there with the old one. I know if I do that it would pretty much boot into my old Windows installation with my old data but could there be some problems that I need to prepare in advance? Or is there any better way to do it? Thanks

 

[DSzymborski]

Most likely it's a giant mess, especially with a laptop. Windows OS installs, unless you have a very specific Windows-to-Go installation, are not meant to be modular in this manner. Modern Windows is better at dealing with the mess when people cut corners but there's a very high chance it won't boot up at all or appear to work but leave you chasing mystery gremlins for months or even years.

Best thing to do is fire up the new laptop, clean out any bloatware, and then restore your old data from your backups.

 

[USAFRet]

and replacing the HDD there with the old one.

That is unlikely to actually work 100%.

 

[username2148]

Most likely it's a giant mess, especially with a laptop. Windows OS installs, unless you have a very specific Windows-to-Go installation, are not meant to be modular in this manner. Modern Windows is better at dealing with the mess when people cut corners but there's a very high chance it won't boot up at all or appear to work but leave you chasing mystery gremlins for months or even years.

Best thing to do is fire up the new laptop, clean out any bloatware, and then restore your old data from your backups.

Oh. That sucks. Guess I have to reinstall everything and transfer ~500GB of data to it then. Well, thanks for the answer though.

 

[username2148]

That is unlikely to actually work 100%.

Learned that just now. I guess in a way I'm lucky because I haven't try anything dumb?

 

[USAFRet]

Oh. That sucks. Guess I have to reinstall everything and transfer ~500GB of data to it then. Well, thanks for the answer though.

Just to be clear, "data", not applications.

 

[username2148]

Just to be clear, "data", not applications.

Um... isn't that what I said though?

 

[USAFRet]

Um... isn't that what I said though?

Yes, but I was just providing clarity.
Some other people reading this may not be so clued in.