Question anybody tried to move Win10 SSD physically to a new laptop and succeed?

[larciel]

Bought a new laptop but it has a crappy SSD and I want to move my Samsung SSD on my current laptop to the new one. Both has intel i7 (but different gen)

If I move the SSD to a new laptop, and do a Win 10 repair, would every program be still there?

 

[Steltek]

It might work - Windows has improved significantly regarding its ability to handle major system changes with each version, and Win10 is the best yet in that regard. Just make sure to do a full system backup before you proceed.

That being said, if your WIN10 install is OEM, you may have activation issues (especially if the laptops are made by different OEMs). Also, if you have any software installed that itself requires activation (such as games or certain Adobe products), you may want to deactivate them before moving the SSD and then reactivating them afterwards once everything is working.

 

[ArisVer]

My nephew did it twice from laptop 1 to laptop 2, then again from laptop 3 to laptop 4.
On the first jump he had trouble with wifi drivers.