New build, can I transfer my Win8.1 OEM licence to a new install of Win11?

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Hello all. Looking to upgrade my rather old build per this thread. I have a Win8.1 OEM disc and licence which is was upgraded to Win10 ages ago. Windows update tells me this;

Edition: Windows 10 Home. Activation: Windows is activated with a digital licence linked to your Microsoft account.

Unfortunately my cpu doesn't meet the requirements for Win11 so I cannot upgrade this machine, which I thought might be one route (It's a Intel i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz). So, is there any path I can take here to transfer my Windows licence for my new build?

Also, I've not been in the hardware game for a while. What exactly is the process for installing Windows on new builds now? Download installer to USB and boot from that?

TIA.

 

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download iso from windows. use rufus , which gives you options, like your cpu or have no tmp removed . then you can use win 11. handy tool, loads use it, just to get win 11.
rufus will install it on to a usb. all done

I think the question more is about the licence. E.g. do I need to install Win10 on the new build first, then upgrade to 11? Will it let me install 10 if I haven't disabled the licence ( ) on my existing machine?

Or the other way; if I install Win11 from scratch will my licence work?

 

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I don't know if this way will work, but the way I'd try is by installing Windows 10 on your current machine, then upgrade 10 to 11 - hopefully the digital licence will carry across to 10, then 11. All being well, then try putting the SSD (?) drive with the Windows 11 install in your new build.

So I’m already updated to Win 10. But my current machine doesn’t meet the requirements for Win11.

I was wondering if I could grab the Win10 installer for the new build, install that. But I’m not sure what would happen with the licence. Ideally I’d like to keep both active for a period to copy over files etc. in an easy way. Can I run a fresh install of Win10 without a license (for a period)?

 

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I'd prefer a clean 11 install, but I don't know how you'd transfer your current 10 licence to the new 11 machine.

Agreed- that’s what I’m trying to do! I’m not taking any driver over to the new build.

Maybe I should just looking into the slightly-dubious (?) key sellers as opposed to OEM or retail.

 

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I couldn't get Windows 11 to activate after doing a clean install over Windows 10. I think my copy of Windows 10 had been activated as an upgrade from Windows 8. Anyway, I got bored with trying to get help from Microsoft and so splashed out a couple of quid for a "new" key, which solved the issue and still seems to be working fine.

Thanks. Sounds like where I'd be then as it's a Win8 licence upgraded to Win10. I'm obviously tempted to try.. Where did you get your key from? DM obviously if it's not for discussion on here..

Excuse the dumb question but how does one port a licence over and what happens to the old machine? I'd like to build my new machine, keep both running so I can easily copy files over without too much aggro... If I 'disable' the licence on my current/old machine, can I still use it?