Do you still need to reinstall windows when putting in a new motherboard?

Jabout · 6 Sep 2020 at 16:15

Do you still need to reinstall windows when putting in a new motherboard?

I have Windows 10, which was originally Windows 7.

Thanks in advance

for any responses.

Jabout

Gray2233 · 6 Sep 2020 at 16:16

Windows 10 is actually pretty good when it comes to hardware changes compared to older iterations of Windows, you should be fine.

mickyflinn · 6 Sep 2020 at 16:49

Is your windows key linked to your microsoft account, you will need to activate it again.

edscdk · 6 Sep 2020 at 17:05

No (I've don't it 100s of times) but might run better if you do it's like a 10min job

Griff7520 · 6 Sep 2020 at 17:08

I did it the other day and it was fine, just logged as my msn account and it installed and activated automatically. Some times its a pain if you change the drive as well though

Jabout · 6 Sep 2020 at 18:10

Thanks for all the responses,
Much appreciated

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Uberas · 6 Sep 2020 at 22:12

You SHOULD be fine, I just did it and my automatic updates as well as start menu got bugged, so keep that in mind that you can encounter some weird bugs due to drivers coexistence etc

clone · 7 Sep 2020 at 09:25

I always do a fresh install when I have a new motherboard.

bimbleuk · 7 Sep 2020 at 09:52

Can be a pain to reconfigure everything after but I did it on my new 3900X build this weekend. The actual Win10 install took 7 mins from USB boot to Windows logon!