Acer Veriton N4660g Swapping hard drive from another PC

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Jbentley
Jbentley Member Posts: 12

Tinkerer

I just bought a used Acer Veriton N4660g. It has a windows setup with it in the hard drive. I would like to know if I can put my existing hard drive with my Microsoft account and Windows from my Acer ZS600. Will the Acer Veriton N4660g accept my current windows hard drive?

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  • Alejandro_AC
    Alejandro_AC ACE Posts: 14,827 Trailblazer

    Hi @Jbentley If you're referring to a disk from another computer with Windows already installed, it won't work because the parameters for each computer are different. Furthermore, the Windows installation is associated with each computer's ID.
    It's also important to know if the computer with the disk you want to transfer to the other computer has Windows installed at the factory or if you have a purchased license. This is important because if Windows came from the factory, it was an OEM version that can't be used on a different computer.
    If, on the other hand, you have a purchased Windows license, you could install Windows from scratch on the computer using the license key.

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  • Jbentley
    Jbentley Member Posts: 12

    Tinkerer

    Thanks for the info.

  • Alejandro_AC
    Alejandro_AC ACE Posts: 14,827 Trailblazer

    You are welcome.

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