Solved MS Licensing Question 11-6-1830
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In my journey to enlightenment via MS licensing, I figure I'll have more stuff pop into my head. Just such a thing just happened.
I figured I'd post the time of the thought in the topic title, and separate the thoughts into threads.
THE QUESTION:
I know with an OEM license you are not allowed to image a Windows desktop So, no regular imaging, or no BMR to new hardware.Are you allowed to image the hard drive to a new hard drive for the same system to swap out the drive? Such as when upgrading to a SSD?
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@BRRABill said:
Are you allowed to image the hard drive to a new hard drive for the same system to swap out the drive? Such as when upgrading to a SSD?
Yes
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@BRRABill said:
Are you allowed to image the hard drive to a new hard drive for the same system to swap out the drive? Such as when upgrading to a SSD?
This would be considered backing up. The only issue could be if you never removed the install from the old drive.
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@Jason said:
@BRRABill said:
Are you allowed to image the hard drive to a new hard drive for the same system to swap out the drive? Such as when upgrading to a SSD?
This would be considered backing up. The only issue could be if you never removed the install from the old drive.
And would only become an issue should the drive be reused without it being replaced. Having the drive die or be destroyed are perfectly fine.
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I think that this one can be marked as solved now
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
I think that this one can be marked as solved now
How does one do that?
Look at the bottom in "Topic Tools", should be an option to "Mark Solved" or something like that.
