I bought a laptop (new) with Win 8.1 installed. I removed the hard drive and want to sell it on eBay, but want to know if I can advertise it as an HDD with Windows 8.1 installed? Thanks.
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If its an OEM license the License binds to the motherboard - not the hard drive, so you can't legally sell it. If you are selling a non OEM version then you need to provide the license key, and the hard drive is rather irrelevant.
You can't typically put a Windows OS install in another non-identical system as it won't have the drivers and won't work. There are some edge cases where it will work or can be coerced to work, but these would not apply if you are selling the hard drive on the open market.
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I believe it would be a violation of licensing laws if you were to sell windows (even a version on your hdd) to anyone else. You bought it, but you may not sell it. For your use only.
