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Pre-installed Windows 10 on SSD for different computers with different hardware.

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Will there be a problem with buying 2 SSDS with pre installed windows 10 for a laptop "thinkpad core i7" and a phenom ii desktop computer? Will windows 10 autoconfigure like Ubuntu 10.04??
Some seller says it won't be a problem at all.
 
Windows 10 should cop with the new hardware eventhough it was not installed on this plateform first.

In my own experience, a transplanted ssd into a new rig usually work fine, at the rare exception of some USB3 controllers sometimes triggering BSODs.

You might run into trouble if your bios is configured to boot on UEFI mode, in which case your windows 10 installation has to be installed in UEFI mode too.

I've been swapping ssds with preinstalled Windows 10 between HP Prodesk 400G1 / Lenovo M800 / Dell Optiplex 3060 and managed to boot every time. (assuming the UEFI mode is set on all of them)
 
i have a SSD with win10 enterprise on i use with my testbench and over time ive had just about every mainstream mobo on it and after first boot which can take anything between 30sec to 5min while it conforms to the new hardwear it runs as it should so its a yes. charl.
 
It's called buying a USB to Sata Cable and a SSD plus use RuFus to create a Windows GO on the SSD done it and works great
 
Will there be a problem with buying 2 SSDS with pre installed windows 10 for a laptop "thinkpad core i7" and a phenom ii desktop computer? Will windows 10 autoconfigure like Ubuntu 10.04??
Some seller says it won't be a problem at all.

If the windows is up to date, yes, no problem at all switching between platforms, HEDT to MSDT, AMD-to-intel and back, different VGAs, etc... all no issue.. If it does not work, it is just because of simple BIOS configuration thing, where you need to enable legacy UEFI mode because that is how the original OS was installed, or you know the opposite, and enable full uefi, but even then...

It's called buying a USB to Sata Cable and a SSD plus use RuFus to create a Windows GO on the SSD done it and works great

Used to be, but you don't need to any more. Microsoft really wants to have "Windows-as-a-Service" working properly, and part of that is the ability to take your windows install with you where ever you may go.
 
So IF I take my SSD and try to boot off it with my HP laptop it'll work?
 
Are you trying to buy the OS's? Windows 10 usually works on different hardware, but you may have activation issues depending on the license.
If they were upgraded from 7/8/8.1 you might not be able to activate on new hardware.
 
I'm not going to say anything other then All my Installations are Pro
 
Windows 10 usually works on different hardware, but you may have activation issues depending on the license.
If they were upgraded from 7/8/8.1 you might not be able to activate on new hardware.
I've been able to reactivate my Windows 10 upgraded from 7 installs on new hardware. Were there "issues"? Yes. But after a call to M$ I got those sorted out pretty easily. I think the main reason why is because when you upgrade to Windows 10 they give you a retail version. Even if the earlier version you upgraded from was OEM. That's how it worked out in my case at least. From my understanding you can have a retail version of Windows 10 installed on 10 different systems at a time. But only 1 of which can be activated at any given time. And you can add or subtract systems from the list of 10 systems you have it installed on at any time. So long as it's never more than 10 systems with it installed. Also, so far as I'm aware, the number of times you can reactive it is unlimited(or virtually so, might be like 1000 times if it isn't infinite). You can also have as many installs of Windows 10(like on different disks or partitions) as you like on 1 system, which can all be activated at the same time. The only caveat there is different versions of Windows 10 count as different systems on the list of 10 systems you can have it installed on(even if they're all on the same system). Meaning you can only have 10 different versions of Windows 10 installed on the same system, that can all be activated at the same time anyway. With a single license that is.
 
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