Can you move Windows 11 from one PC to another... Let's find out!

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[benjaminoechsli]

The ending is one of the reason I watch this channel. The mistakes that anyone could make help us learn as much as, if not more than, a video where all goes according to plan. Thanks, Jay.

[andrewmcewan]

You have to enable pci-e bifurcation to use those multiple drive cards In a x16 slot.

[NeilD]

For anyone reading, if you've got bitlocker enabled on a drive which is enabled by default now on a clean build of Win11, be super careful about moving a drive between systems as it'll flag something and knock the drive off. You might/should be able to get the recovery keys from your MS account, but maybe not, but you'll get the same issue as Jay had there with the drive not showing up in the foreign system. It won't even go back into the original build without the recovery key being entered.

[coinman]

Thank you, Jay, for taking us along for the ride. Yes, This exact situation has happened to me at least twice on other people's systems. Glad to see it's a thing.

[cjmiller]

Jays face of thinking is the mark of everyone when they can’t remember what they do regularly

[jlewis]

Jay if you have a 3d printer, which i assume you do. Just do a quick cylinder design to go around that m.2 adapter, and then have a slot in the cylinder that matches the port so the drive can slide through the cylinder into the port. Just have the drive sticking out like 1/4. This will give you the protection you need until such docking exists.

[robohunter-]

Jay! Thanks for doing what you are doing! Your videos are keeping me going especially right now since I can’t have a pc to do things with myself! So thanks and keep up the great work!

[Tomahaw]

Really appreciate you showing the struggle and how you think outside of the case to try things that I learn from

[deminybs]

Bookmarked for 4 years from now when I'm forced off win 10 🤣🤣

[technicalfool]

As others have mentioned, stuff like drive risers tend to need the slot configuring to 4+4 (for an electrically x8 slot) or 4+4+4+4 (for a "proper" x16). Splits the slot up and *should* allow you to mix and match drives as much as you like.

[jamesdavis]

Love going back to these old videos. Hadn't seen this, and really good information to know.

[dimples]

Actually pretty impressive how both Windows 10 and by extension 11 have become quite resilient to complete system transplants to the point of going through the UPnP part of OOBE again to re-orient themselves. Windows 7 and earlier would just *freak* and go right to BSOD if you attempted that.

[SurrenderNein]

Knowing that I'm not the only person who goofs like that gives me an immense amount of psychological reassurance. Thanks Jay!

[capicolaspicy]

Just found your channel recently, I love the way you present information! Messing around with PCs and various other forms of electronics for over 50 years but no longer full-time nor anywhere near as deep into it is you are, so it's a great resource to be able to learn new tricks from your videos! Thank you and keep on posting!

[LordToulon]

Jay I started watching your channel just before the pandemic started because I was looking for reviews on PC parts I was looking at. It was the first PC I had built in almost 15 years. Since then I have watched every video, subscribed to RTFM, and entered every contest. For some reason I jumped on Twitter today (which I almost never use) and found a thread and went down a rabbit hole of someone trashing you because they can't read. So I came here to say just keep doing you. Your content is great. I appreciate all your opinions and thoughts, and these giveaways are fantastic when it's such a pain to get parts out there right now. You can't please everyone, but the ones you don't please apparently can't read. Keep up the good work!

[White_tar]

Love these type of videos Jay.
It really shows that even after all your years of experience with PCs these issues still happen, and your thought process on how you fix the issues.

[ClellBiggs]

I've done this a lot. It's amazing how often it works without any issues. Even when you get the bug that places the boot files on a different drive than where you installed Windows you can still transfer the install to a different PC so long as you have both drives connected. Also, whenever you want to install Windows remove all of the other drives except the one you want to install it to so you don't have to worry about the boot files bug. Learned that the hard way.

[Hirome_Satou]

This is why I love your channel so much, you've helped me more than you could possibly know on a myriad of tech issues. So many other youtubers and websites I've gone to have said to never do this, especially when switching from Intel or AMD or vice verse. I've done it myself between two intel systems, but after building my first custom PC myself, and switching from Intel to AMD, I've been iffy on whether or not I should hotswap my C drive. Seeing you do it here with absolutely no issue, and hearing you say that you can do it with the same result across CPU and Motherboard brands fills me with confidence that it will work precisely because I trust your opinion after your repeatedly showing the entire process yourself and showing definitively that things work exactly how you say they will.

[shawnjacobs]

I can’t be the only person whose excited for December and your everyday videos! My morning drive to works are so boring!!!

[southcitykid]

Hey Jay, are you selling any of those gpus from that truck load you and Phil stole? Lol 😆