Can I move my hard drive to a new computer without reinstalling Windows? YES! But its not as good as reinstalling Windows. I move move my SSD over from my old Dell Computer to my new computer and activate windows with the product key to see how it works.

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PC MAG - How to Move Your Windows Drive to a New PC. "Buying a new computer can be fun, until you have to slog through migrating all your old apps, preferences, and files...All told, I would still recommend doing a clean install if you're migrating permanently to a new machine, but if you need something quick and dirty—like if your old PC dies and you need to access some data from your old installation—this should work well enough."
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How-To Geek - Can You Move a Windows Installation to Another Computer?
"If you recently built or bought a new PC, you may be wondering if you can just transfer your old hard drive into the new computer–thus migrating your entire installation in one fell swoop. But it’s not as easy as it seems....If you actually try moving a Windows drive to another computer and booting from it–or restoring a Windows system image backup on different hardware–it usually won’t boot properly. You may see an error about problems with the “hardware abstraction layer” or “hal.dll”, or it may even blue-screen during the boot process.
That’s because when you install Windows on a computer, it sets itself up with drivers specific to that computer’s motherboard and chipset. The drivers for the storage controller, which allows the motherboard to communicate with the hard disk, are particularly important. When Windows boots on different hardware, it doesn’t know how to handle that hardware and won’t boot properly.
You could try messing around....But, realistically, you’re better off not bothering–it’ll probably be more time and effort than it’s worth. If you’re moving to another computer, you should usually just reinstall Windows or use the new Windows installation that comes with the computer."
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