can i change swap my mothereboard without affecting my os?

[Borock492]

I have the retail edition of windows 10 home and I'm wondering If I can swap my mobo and not have to buy a new copy of windows?

operating system:
https://www.amazon.ca/Microsoft-Windows-Home-Flash-Drive/dp/B01019T6O0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496600000&sr=8-1&keywords=window+10

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

If it's tied to a Microsoft Account it will reactivate without issue. If not you might need to use the Automated Call activation.

You can use your media or create a new USB.

Setup a Microsoft Account and link your current PC to it , then backup whatever you want to save and perform a clean install on your new setup and activate it with your Microsoft account from within windows. Skip the key entry during setup and activate it from within windows with the registered Microsoft Account.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/
Create a USB installer here ^
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[ava3a13]

If you have your Microsoft live account that won't be a problem. And if you are not going to reinstall windows on your machine.

 

[USAFRet]

I have the retail edition of windows 10 home and I'm wondering If I can swap my mobo and not have to buy a new copy of windows?

operating system:
https://www.amazon.ca/Microsoft-Windows-Home-Flash-Drive/dp/B01019T6O0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496600000&sr=8-1&keywords=window+10

You don't have to buy a new OS.
You may/probably will have to reinstall the OS.

Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html

 

[Dooop805]

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

 

[Borock492]

just a quick question what can I upgrade without affecting the os?

 

[USAFRet]

just a quick question what can I upgrade without affecting the os?

MS is pretty fuzzy on the specifics, and it is also the frequency.
Change the GPU? No problem. Change the GPU and LAN adapter every day, twice a day....before long it would probably trigger a reactivation.

Change the motherboard...reactivation.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have the retail edition of windows 10 ....With retail you can change everything , reactivation is a snap.

 

[USAFRet]

And also...requiring reactivation is different concept than requiring reinstalling.

 

[Borock492]

And also...requiring reactivation is different concept than requiring reinstalling.

will my hard drive be wiped if I reactivate

 

[USAFRet]

And also...requiring reactivation is different concept than requiring reinstalling.

will my hard drive be wiped if I reactivate

No.
If it boots up with the new hardware, it may simply fail to activate itself. This is when you go through the Activation Troubleshooter, as noted above.

If it fails to boot...this is when you do a wipe and reinstall. And then the activation again.