Windows 10: My old laptop got rained and died, i need to move my OS hard drive to new laptop

My old laptop got rained and died, i need to move my OS hard drive to new laptop.I have checked the drive using hard drive to USB adaptor and it's OK.But when i plug it to new laptop, booting process failed.It's a BSOD with message: Inaccessible Boot Device.I need is the installed licensed softwares inside the drive.Please help.

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Laptop hard drive upgrade

If you ghost the OS from disk to disk with the same system it should work fine. Thing is you have to GHOST the disk, including the MBR or it won't be bootable. Any other normal laptop drive should work as long as the connections the same.



If you cannot make a backup install CD, you'll likely need to locate a windows install CD, unless you can ghost the drive. Thats pretty much your only options atm.

 

Laptop hard drive upgrade

To replace a hard drive on a laptop is a little more troublesome than a desktop. 1st as most people here suggest you will need some sort of a backup disk just in case. Also be sure when buying the new Hard Disk is compatible with your model. And i would strongly suggest you install a new system and start from scratch because there are far too many problems that can occur when transferring system files.

 

Old Laptop died-HD still good. Can I transfer to new laptop

My old laptop died, but the hard drive is still good.

Can I transfer this to the new laptop? It came with windows 10 on it, so I have licenses for both, but don't want to have to reinstall everything.

Is this possible?

In the end, I will only be using 1 windows version.