Windows 10: Can I transfer Windows 10 that is already on an M.2 NMVE to my new PC

I have Windows 10 already installed on an M.2 NVME drive on my old PC. I am about to build my new PC with completely different parts and I need to know, can I move the M.2 drive from my old PC to the new motherboard without deactivating windows and reinstalling on the same drive in my new computer? I am keeping all my old drives (mechanical and M.2), my power supply and my AIO but everything else is brand new.


It seems kind of silly to have to deactivate uninstall windows and reinstall and reactivate everything from the same drive.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?

 

Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

What's your intended PC specs ??