Can I transfer the license of windows 8 from a hard drive die on new hard drive?

I have PC and windows license 8.

A week before, the hard drive of my pc which contained the C drive was dead because bad sector.

I want to buy the new hard drive and want to transfer the windows license 8 old hard drive.

Is this possible?

I read an article which is only possible if you format the old hardisk first.

But in my case, I can't turn on my old hardisk to format.

I have PC and windows license 8.

A week before, the hard drive of my pc which contained the C drive was dead because bad sector.

I want to buy the new hard drive and want to transfer the windows license 8 old hard drive.

Is this possible?

I read an article which is only possible if you format the old hardisk first.

But in my case, I can't turn on my old hardisk to format.

The OEM of Windows 8.0/8.1 license is related to the motherboard and not the hard drive, so you can reuse the new hard disk provided his will in the same computer.

About the old drive you need not to worry about the formatting as the old disk can never be reused. If you want to be sure, you can physically break the old disk with a hammer before throwing.

Use Windows 8.1 media tool on another PC to prepare Windows 8.1 with updated installation media 1:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows-8/create-reset-refresh-media

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