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Put old SSD with Win10 Installed into laptop with Linux and boot Windows?

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I have an old laptop with Win10 installed in it from factory. I have a new laptop with Ubuntu 21.04 installed from factory (with systemd-boot bootloader installed in UEFI mode). Can I put the SSD from my old laptop into the new one and boot into it? Will I have any bootloader problems? If so, How do I fix them? (I asked in askubuntu if it would break the ~~ubuntu~~ bootloader...)

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answered 1 Year ago ntlesslving · Accepted Answer

I booted into Win10 and it worked fine (with my login and all). Didn't get any errors about invalid license due to different hardware. Before I booted, I ran sudo update-grub with both disks installed.
Win10 said Windows is activated with a digital license despite ALL of the hardware being different. No performance issues. I suggest reinstalling Win10 to work properly. There were some drivers to install for my specific laptop (System76 Lemur Pro) to run Win10 properly.