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Sorry, I thought I read in the OP that the new computer came with Windows 10 Pro. You should be able to reactivate Windows 10 on the new computer if the product key is retail. You'll probably have to use phone activation. Two things will keep you from being able to clone the old drive to new one and booting:
Legacy BIOS v. UEFI. If the old computer is legacy BIOS, then the new laptop should be set to boot in CSM mode. It is possible, and fairly easy, to convert to UEFI when you do the transfer, though, if you need to.
SATA Controller Mode. Both computers should be set to AHCI controller mode. If the old computer is set to IDE mode, it's also fairly easy to delete the SATA drive controller from device manager before cloning, and then when you boot the new computer Windows 10 will automatically install the SATA driver for AHCI mode.
Dalchina,
I hope this is the last, the very last question. (I ordered the new laptop for my wife today, and she is anxious to start usiing it.)
The old system is from 2011. Pre-UEFI. The new laptop is of course a UEFI-based system. Is that difference an issue? Will the new laptop even boot up with the old 2011 system image? Do I need to run some kind of repair?
Thanks.
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