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When setting up the operating system, it will remove your desktop hardware and save its configuration to the Windows registry.
Yes, you can employ tools like Intel Migration or Samsung Magician for this purpose.
You're suggesting a different approach: first install the operating system onto the hard drive connected to the desktop, then move the hard drive back into the laptop. This method doesn't seem to be effective. Let me know if you'd like clarification!
I will walk you through the process step by step. First, I remove the HDD from my laptop. Then I connect a USB drive with a SATA port to the USB port on the desktop. Using Rufus, I format the USB as a bootable drive. After that, I reinstall Windows by connecting the USB back to the laptop and following the installation instructions.
You likely don’t have a DVD or CD drive, so the safest option is to make a USB bootable drive using your ISO file and install Windows there. A factory reset might also be necessary afterward.