Sup folks.
So normally when I do any computer up, I just install a fresh copy of Windows.
And when it comes to cloning, I've only ever cloned to keep the OS on the same system.
But my predicament is this:
My mother has a laptop she uses for work but it's really old and slow now with a Core i3, and while I could just simply install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the new laptop and transfer over data from her current laptop, I then would have to take it to the main guy at work so he can install the remote desktop application that allows her to connect to her work computer from home to use company software and whatnot.
This process is easily doable, just a pain in the butt.
So I was hoping that instead I could clone her current HDD over to the new HDD and boot up.
The guy at work last I checked activates Windows 10 using a commercial license that allows for multiple activation's on different machines, and the laptop she has now was given to her by him a long time ago.
I am hoping that this type of activation of Windows 10 allows for hardware changes.
And if it requires me to link a Microsoft account to her local account on her PC for it to work then I'll do that.
But if the activation won't carry over, then I'd like to know ahead of time so I can start doing things the long pain in the butt way.
Also, you may be asking why not just move over the HDD itself instead of cloning, and that is for two reasons.
Reason one is that the laptop has to be returned to the guy.
Reason two is that the current HDD is only 500GB and the new HDD is 1TB, so I would want her to get the extra storage.
Nevermind that last part, I thought it had a 1TB drive in it, but it's also 500GB.
So could I just swap the HDD's out or will that be no good?
So normally when I do any computer up, I just install a fresh copy of Windows.
And when it comes to cloning, I've only ever cloned to keep the OS on the same system.
But my predicament is this:
My mother has a laptop she uses for work but it's really old and slow now with a Core i3, and while I could just simply install a fresh copy of Windows 10 on the new laptop and transfer over data from her current laptop, I then would have to take it to the main guy at work so he can install the remote desktop application that allows her to connect to her work computer from home to use company software and whatnot.
This process is easily doable, just a pain in the butt.
So I was hoping that instead I could clone her current HDD over to the new HDD and boot up.
The guy at work last I checked activates Windows 10 using a commercial license that allows for multiple activation's on different machines, and the laptop she has now was given to her by him a long time ago.
I am hoping that this type of activation of Windows 10 allows for hardware changes.
And if it requires me to link a Microsoft account to her local account on her PC for it to work then I'll do that.
But if the activation won't carry over, then I'd like to know ahead of time so I can start doing things the long pain in the butt way.
Also, you may be asking why not just move over the HDD itself instead of cloning, and that is for two reasons.
Reason one is that the laptop has to be returned to the guy.
Nevermind that last part, I thought it had a 1TB drive in it, but it's also 500GB.
So could I just swap the HDD's out or will that be no good?
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