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Transferring Windows 7 Hdd frome Dell Optiplex 745 to Optiplex 9010.

What is needed to transfer a Hdd with windows 7 OS installed from a Dell Optiplex 745 to a Dell Optiplex 9010.  What drivers are needed and are there any underlying problems associated with the transfer?
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You need to make sure the SATA controller is set the same. You can go from AHCI to SATA but not the other direction. That's it. Once it boots uninstall all the 745 drivers and download and install the 9010 drivers.
Might not even boot if the hardware is not relatively similar (especially chipsets).  If you do manage to get it to boot, you would go out to dells website and download the drivers by punching in the service tag for the pc you are transferring too.  This is all based on the impression you are using volume licenses for windows and any other licenses that pertain to the system
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You need a Retail Windows License.  If the license came with the computer, you cannot transfer it.
If you live in the EU or Switzerland, then you can transfer an OEM license to another PC, but you would have to call m$ by phone to get a new product key.

If you live elsewhere, you can't move an OEM license to another PC, as leew mentioned above, you can then only do that with a retail license.
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Thanks.