
However, even in that case you might get declined because I believe OEM licenses are NOT transferable to other PCs even when the original system is dead. If the editions are different between the image and new PC or the new system wasn't licensed for Win10 at all, the restored image MAY still reactivate, or you might have to use phone-based activation and explain what happened. From Microsoft's perspective it will just appear that you did a fresh install of Win10 on a PC that was already licensed for it anyway, and OEM licenses now work as digital entitlements where the PC's hardware fingerprint is recorded with Microsoft as a licensed PC, removing the need for product keys. If the new machine came with a license for the same edition of Win10 (Home vs Pro), the restored image should reactivate on the new PC automatically in the background.
