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OEM Hard drive transfer

Anonymous
2018-01-08T11:18:00+00:00

Hey community,

I've read a lot of post on the OEM version and understand it is a licence to one compute and is not transferable. Because I bought the PC with the OEM already installed to a hard drive, if I clean install it to a new SSD I bought will the licence carry over or will I have to buy another one? If anyone has any personal experience would be great! thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-08T11:54:56+00:00

    An OEM license only becomes invalid if you change the motherboard or try to transfer it to another computer. 

    Changing to a SSD will not do this. 

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-08T12:15:28+00:00

    This helps a lot, I was always confused when it came to OEM and going to the computer shops just confused me a bit more. Thank you for all your help!

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