Will my boot drive work in a new computer?

[Zatchsmayr]

I want to take my boot drive from a pre-existing computer and use it in a new one. Will it be plug and play, or will I have to reinstall and possibly have issues?
(GPU is staying the same as well as ram)
(CPU upgrade from 2009 architecture to 2012)
Both HP OEM systems

 

[mazboy]

Windows does not like you doing that. It works, occasionally, but most of the time it won't even boot, or if it does, it is riven with problems. Do yourself a favor and wipe the HDD (DO NOT WIPE SSDs!!!) and do a clean install of the OS from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

[USAFRet]

I want to take my boot drive from a pre-existing computer and use it in a new one. Will it be plug and play, or will I have to reinstall and possibly have issues?
(GPU is staying the same as well as ram)
(CPU upgrade from 2009 architecture to 2012)
Both HP OEM systems

That is a 100% maybe.
Even if it works, with an HP OEM license, you will have activation issues in the new hardware.

 

[Zatchsmayr]

Thanks. I just don't want to go through the hassle of reinstalling all of my programs. So a larger boot drive is fine than. I will still try it however just to see.