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A user asks if they can transfer their Windows 10 Home retail license to a new machine with their existing hard drive. Respondents confirm that retail licenses are transferable and that the user can activate Windows on the new device using their current product key. The discussion concludes with a helpful tip to remove non-Windows drives to prevent startup issues during the migration.
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jemy01a

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Hello
I am wanting to move my hard drive with win 10 home retail to a new machine . Is there a way to do that or do i have to buy yet another copy of windows 10 ?
Thanks for any info in advance.
 

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Neemobeer

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Retail licences are transferable between devices, so you should be able to move the hard drive
 

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lordnikoncanon

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Also remove all non windows drives as it most likely fail during start up


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