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07-11-2021 06:39 AM
I have an. hp satellite aswell as an acer aspier 3. I had installed a terabit hard drive in the acer and had a solid state drive inthe upbut it was only 120 gig so i took the one from the acer and put it in the hp and now it won't boot. I can'tget into the bios or nothing right now please would someone help me
Signed. Frustrated in niagara
07-11-2021 08:23 AM - edited 07-11-2021 10:21 AM
Swapping drives between PCs is almost NEVER going to work -- usually due to hardware differences.
Additionally, with OEM versions of Windows (what is on the Acer and on the HP), the Windows license is tied to the PC, not to the owner. So even if you could get the HP to boot, when Windows runs, it will deactivate itself and you will not be able to reactivate it because the license was for the Acer, not the HP.
We have no idea what the Acer configuration was, so we have no way to assist on this.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP