License Transfer Hard Drive question

Is it still necessary to redownload all my games after a license transfer if I transfer the harddrive from the old 360 to the new one?

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Very confusing and possibly uneeded.

So i am getting a new xbox. But i using the old hard drive. Because of course it holds all my memory. But i called up xbox live support and they said to completely transfer everything to the new console (by new from an old slim to a new slim) i need to transfer
my license. So my question is, why not just have eveything on the hard drive.(My question mark key insint working)Instead of going through the trouble of transfering licenses. All the DLC's are already on the hard drive so whats the point of transfering licenses.
Sorry for the bad grammar.

 

Replaced Hard Drive, No Longer Able to Use Online Passes

Licenses are tied to the console, not the hard drive. If the hard drive was all that was changed, then a license transfer shouldn't be necessary.

 

Yes. The licenses are tied to your console, not the hard drive. So you'd only be downloading the licenses, not all of the data for the games.