Windows 10: Going to build a new computer in the future. Can I move my old SSD with windows on it into...

As said in the above question. Do I have to buy windows 11 again. Or can I just move the old SSD into the new computer?

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Old SSD to new computer

I have an old SSD that I would like to install and use on a new computer that already has one SSD and on HD. Windows is installed on the new computer on the SSD. However, windows was also installed on the old SSD I would like to move to the new computer.
When I hook up the old SSD windows will not start and goes to blue screen with options to recover, use different version of windows, etc. As soon as I disconnect it, windows boots right up again. How do I format the old one to get windows off of it to use
it as storage?

 

Transferring SSD with Win 10 from old to new computer

Hi -

I am getting ready to build a new computer, and I want to transfer the SSD from the old computer to the new one and hopefully avoid having to re-install Windows and applications. I have in the past always used OEM versions of Windows when I built systems,
including the one I am currently using. This time around I bought a retail copy of Windows. If I understand the differences correctly, I can in the future transfer a retail copy to a new computer without purchasing Windows again (with the understanding that
of course it will not be usable on the old machine). Have I got that correct? Also, what is the best way to transfer the SSD? Should I update the product key while the SSD is still in the old computer, or should I install it in the new computer first and
then update the product key?

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Connected old SSD (with windows) to new PC build

I recently bought a brand new PC, and thought it would be good to add my old SSD to it.

When the system booted up for the first time, it somehow reverted back to the old windows (files were exactly where they were etc, with windows still in the old drive).

I would like to ask a few questions

1) Is there any performance issues in leaving the system like that? (I.e. attaching a old SSD with preinstalled windows to a entirely new PC build). I would like to install it the correct way instead.

2) How to do install windows from scratch on the new NVME SSD now that i already have windows installed?

Thanks and would appreciate an answer.