• Do I Need To Reinstall Windows 7 With New Motherboard

However, you will still need to reinstall Windows clean because the old Windows installation likely won't work on the new hardware (I'll explain more about that below). In this case, you will most likely have to activate Windows over the phone by calling Microsoft and tell them you've upgraded your motherboard. In order to upgrade motherboard and CPU without reinstalling Windows, there is a small trick to prepare your system for hardware upgrade. Once you do it right, you can boot your Windows system after changing motherboard.

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No intentionally harmful or joke advice. No offering rewards to solicit help.ResourcesChoosing Parts/Components:.The Build:.After Building:.Filters.Related Reddits. With the same motherboard model you won't have any issues. Like some mentioned though, with an OEM copy of Windows, you may need to re-activate it.Sometimes you don't even need to reinstall with a completely different motherboard.

I've switched a few OS's to completely different systems (different motherboard, processors, and GPUs) and had pretty decent luck.

Do I Need To Reinstall Windows 7 With New Motherboard

I got questions like: Can I replace my motherboard without reinstalling windows? Or: Replacing motherboard how does that work with windows 10.BEFORE you install a new motherboard and CPU, and you upgraded your windows 7 or 8 to windows 10, watch this video, it will explain what you need to do to make it as smooth as possible.In short:add a Microsoft account, install the creators update and THEN replace your motherboard/CPU.if you did the MS account, and then upgraded your motherboard (as I did) the only way to fix it is the phone activation. I was helped by Microsoft chat support, on showing of my valid windows 7 key. He tried a couple of things and eventually came down to doing a phone activation (but he did it for me).PC Specs:CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (8 core 16 threads)Memory: G.Skill 32GB DDR4-3200 32GB DDR4 3200MHzCPU cooler Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4Motherboard: Asus Crosshair VI Hero (aka ch6)Graphics: MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8GOS: Windows 10 pro 64 bitMain HD: Crucial MX 100 SSD (512 GB)Recording drive: 2 TB Western Digital Sata3Email for WoT replays: replay@techdragon.infoWebsite:SocialTwitter:Facebook.