Windows 10: Moving hard drive with Windows Retail 10 installed to a new computer

Windows 10 Pro Retail. I deliberately paid the extra bucks for the ability to move the license between motherboards.I have an aging i7-7700 and am looking to upgrade to an i3-10500 "cross grade" is a better performance description, but I digress.New motherboard, new chips, different hardware entirely.Both show as supported by Windows 10.In the past I've moved hard drives between motherboards without a reinstall. They worked fine.Shouldn't Windows just redetect my hardware and install appropriate drivers when I make such a move?I've worked in IT and seen this with older OS's, but not tried

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how do i move hard drive to new computer?

intel to intel you have a shot.

Install the latest intel chipset drivers and it may just work transferring it over - the key is to have teh new sata controllers drivers installed BEFORE moving it over (i normally transfer to a PCI-E SATA-II card i have, then boot the new system on the PCI-E card, install the onboard drivers, and then move to the onboard sata.)

for clarification on my steps.

1. install new SATA card/controller in original PC and install drivers
2. power off, move boot drive to the sata card
3. boot windows to make sure it works
4. get new system up, move sata card to it with boot drive attached.
5. boot windows - a few reboots are always needed to get around the change of hardware
6. move the boot drive to the new mobos sata ports, and it should work.

 

how do i move hard drive to new computer?

i dont have a sata card and i also dont have any idea how to use one or what its for. *Confused

 

Transferring old Hard Drive to New Computer. Is it possible?

Windows 10 is still a free upgrade if your on win 8 or 7 and yes if its a sata drive you can move the Hard drive over to a new computer but the operating system will not work.