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Can you install laptop os on a desktop?

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If the installation is Windows, then it makes no difference, the OS will simply adapt the installation as long as it is a clean install from the install disk, however the drive can not simply be swapped out and booted, as some anti-piracy components of Windows will erase the installation, along with the fact that the drive will very likely not fit.

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