Help putting my old ssd into another macbook pro

My 2012 i5 unibody macbook pro was damaged and I replaced it with another 2012 i5 unibody macbook pro. Both are running the same version of OS X Yosemite. The ssd in the old laptop still works and is partitioned with windows 8. I want to remove the hd that came with my new mb pro and swap it out with my old ssd. Can I do this painlessly without having to reinstall anything or will this cause problems?

Based on the criteria that you described, a swap is all that is required.
Ciao.

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