New laptop, swapping Win 11 Pro licence from old laptop

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#310898 29-Nov-2023 17:29

New laptop with Ryzen CPU comes with Win 11.
Old laptop with Intel CPU and Win 11 Pro.

I am thinking of imaging both with Macrium Reflect, especially to capture all my apps and settings from my old laptop.
Then swap installing the images between the laptops.

Then logging on to my Microsoft account and swapping/re-assigning the licences.

I guess the worst that can happen is I have to do fresh installs on both laptops.

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#3165864 29-Nov-2023 18:36

You can’t do that, the license key is tied to the BiOS

You will need to need to buy a win pro home to pro upgrade for your home Win 11 Home

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upgrade-windows-home-to-windows-pro-ef34d520-e73f-3198-c525-d1a218cc2818

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#3165947 29-Nov-2023 19:55

Anything you really need with Pro over Home ?

Most stuff can be covered with 3rd party.

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#3166024 29-Nov-2023 21:04

xpd:
Anything you really need with Pro over Home ?

Most stuff can be covered with 3rd party.

Bitlocker and consistency with my other computers...

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#3166035 29-Nov-2023 21:27

nztim: You can’t do that, the license key is tied to the BiOS

You will need to need to buy a win pro home to pro upgrade for your home Win 11 Home

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/upgrade-windows-home-to-windows-pro-ef34d520-e73f-3198-c525-d1a218cc2818

Looks like I might be to transfer my Win 11 Pro licence to my new laptop.

However, the Win 11 Home that comes with the new laptop can't be transfered away as I read it... because it is an oem version tied to the new laptop....

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/moving-windows-licenses-between-two-computers/35a6c273-23fb-43f4-b5c2-cd11715b6806

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#3166036 29-Nov-2023 21:27

A form of Bitlocker is available in W11 Home.

Unless you're domain/Entra joining your machine Pro isn't required.

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#3166075 29-Nov-2023 22:57

lxsw20:
A form of Bitlocker is available in W11 Home.

Unless you're domain/Entra joining your machine Pro isn't required.

Thanks for that tip.... found a guide here...
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-use-bitlocker-windows-11/#:~:text=According%20to%20Microsoft%2C%20BitLocker%20encryption,core%20feature%20is%20still%20there.

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