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Ivan Besfamilny2020-10-21 16:01:57
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Ivan Besfamilny, 2020-10-21 16:01:57

What will happen to corporate Windows 10 if you move the system disk to another PC?

There is a working PC with corporate Win10 in the company's domain. There is a personal PC on OEM Home. Does the rearrangement of the system SSD with the corporate in the second PC threaten with something. The goal is to use one machine booting from different disks for work/personal needs. (Theoretical questions. Under an employment contract, I can’t perform such manipulations)
1) Will there be problems with a corporate license after loading it in a second PC?
2) Will there be any problems with the volume license after the disk is returned to the working PC?
3) Will the home license fail in the second PC after working on it in a corporate party?

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Artem @Jump, 2020-10-21
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Nothing will happen to windows. Although on other hardware it's not a fact that it will start.
Activation may fly off, it may not fly off - it depends on the type of activation.

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pindschik, 2020-10-23
@pindschik

Licensing is a legal concept, not a technical one. And it doesn't imply a way to transfer the license via take-away home/work drive. So your Windows will become unlicensed anyway, even if it shows that it is licensed.
PS Although, for sure, it will fly off with each permutation of the disk. Pull the key first (there are utilities) and save it just in case. Purely theoretically ...
PPS Make a separate system for "personal needs" on a USB 3.0 external drive. It's possible. They worked - even if they didn’t take it out - no one cares. Purely theoretically... :)

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izuru_hitachi, 2020-10-21
@izuru_hitachi

There will definitely be problems:
1. In Windows 10, the license is sewn into the BIOS, so it will fly off 100%. Exception - Retail license version or signed in account. Microsoft entry. But even here there is a nuance - you will have to move the license itself manually each time (which in itself will take a little of your time), and I doubt that Microsoft will allow you to drag the license back and forth so calmly. The above is true for Retail or OEM versions of the license, I did not check it on KMS servers.
2. If you do not have completely identical PCs in terms of hardware, then expect problems with the drivers. You can get confused with sewing drivers into the OS (I haven’t tried it, maybe it won’t work), you can do Sysprep every time, but this is also not the case.
It will be much easier to set up cloud storage / data movement if there is no confidential data, or just remotely (with all the nuances of security).

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