rMBP Running Cloned Windows Install from a PC

[WRB BRZ]

I cloned my PC's SSD with contains an installed running copy of Windows 10 onto a separate SSD. I placed this separate ssd into an USB 3 external enclosure and plugged it into my rMBP 14. By holding down option during the boot process, I can boot into Windows on the external drive. I installed bootcamp drivers and everything seems to run fine.

Has anyone else tried using this process to get Windows onto their Mac? Any problems down the road?

 

[Fancuku]

I tried it out of curiosity to see if it would work and it did but never used it long term. I just Bootcamp into Windows when I need to.

 

[Gogol]

Normally this wouldn't work I guess because of the totally different hardware. How did activation work?

 

[maflynn]

I tried it years ago, and it never worked, Perhaps the technology has changed sufficiently to allow that, but I kind of doubt it.

 

[Fancuku]

Normally this wouldn't work I guess because of the totally different hardware. How did activation work?

My clone was of my Bootcamp install. I haven't tried a clone from a different machine.

 

[Gogol]

That is not what I understood from your first post! There you stated that you cloned from a PC SSD.

 

[Fancuku]

Yeah, sorry for not making it clear.