Windows 10: The power module on my laptop died, so I installed my hard drive in a spare laptop. Now...

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  1. PHILLIPANKERSON
    PhillipAnkerson Win User

    The power module on my laptop died, so I installed my hard drive in a spare laptop. Now...


    The power module on my laptop died, so I installed my hard drive in a spare laptop. Now Windows is not activated. How can I get it activated? No error code. Went through troubleshooting with no luck. Tried "Talk to an Agent" which is actually a robot. I had no way of "preparing for a hardware change" as advised. It is still my copy of windows on the same hard drive. Anyone have this issue?

    :)
     
    PhillipAnkerson, Apr 3, 2019
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  2. SCOUTINGWRAITH
    scoutingwraith Win User

    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.
     
    scoutingwraith, Apr 3, 2019
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  3. DIPPYSKOODLEZ
    Dippyskoodlez Win User
    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.
     
    Dippyskoodlez, Apr 3, 2019
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  4. JAMUPNORTH
    jamupnorth Win User

    The power module on my laptop died, so I installed my hard drive in a spare laptop. Now...

    Laptop hard drive upgrade

    Yeah but it is a bit of a bummer when i have paid for a genuine copy of windows mce.
    but i do have a copy of vista that i could put in the laptop but i am not too sure it will be good as it is slower on my desktop which i dual boot wwith xp. the spec is

    3000+ SEMPRON CPU
    1GB DDR RAM
    40 GB RAM
     
    jamupnorth, Apr 3, 2019
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