Struzinski
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So I have my Asus laptop I bought from Best Buy a few years ago with Windows 7 Home Premium. I'm currently building a custom computer and want my OS to run off of the SSD I'm installing on it. I do not have a hard copy of Windows from Microsoft; all I have is the activated OS that came stock in the Asus' HDD. I'm looking to put the OS on this HDD onto the SSD in my custom build (because it does not have a legitimate copy of Windows on it).
I know that recovery disks would be useless since they will not work on a computer that isn't Asus. I was originally going to try to clone the HDD to an .iso and installing that onto the new SSD but figured that wouldn't work either.
I know that product key on the bottom of the laptop is being used on the laptop's OS now. Isn't there a way to deactivate it from this laptop, download an .iso of Win7 HP, install it to the SSD on the custom build, and then use the product key from this laptop on the new custom build? I'm just not sure if Microsoft won't allow it due to hardware changes, the fact that Microsoft only made that product key for this specific computer, or the fact that the product key could only be used once. Is it possible? And would it be the easiest option?
I know that recovery disks would be useless since they will not work on a computer that isn't Asus. I was originally going to try to clone the HDD to an .iso and installing that onto the new SSD but figured that wouldn't work either.
I know that product key on the bottom of the laptop is being used on the laptop's OS now. Isn't there a way to deactivate it from this laptop, download an .iso of Win7 HP, install it to the SSD on the custom build, and then use the product key from this laptop on the new custom build? I'm just not sure if Microsoft won't allow it due to hardware changes, the fact that Microsoft only made that product key for this specific computer, or the fact that the product key could only be used once. Is it possible? And would it be the easiest option?