can i keep the same windows after changing motherboard?

[ninjaninja12341234]

Im going to change motherboard, cpu, and ram!
the only thing im not chaning is the psu, gpu and the hdd's.
So, after installing the mobo cpu and ram i want to keep my windows 7 and not to format it because takes too long
so can i keep it?
like just chaning hdd boot order and installing the bios drivers or something ,
thank you!

 

[The Paladin]

okay.... the answer is YES, IF! you have a Microsoft email account tied to the windows 10
ie: outlook.com account you use to login.
then yes, change hardware then goto setting, account and walk through the procedure of "changed hardware" and it will make you choose previous name of computer and reapply license to this new hardware
this can only be done once.

if you are not using a Microsoft email account to login, then goto outlook.com make an email account, then got setting. account and set it as your Microsoft account then follow procedure above.

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

 

[ninjaninja12341234]

okay.... the answer is YES, IF! you have a Microsoft email account tied to the windows 10
ie: outlook.com account you use to login.
then yes, change hardware then goto setting, account and walk through the procedure of "changed hardware" and it will make you choose previous name of computer and reapply license to this new hardware
this can only be done once.

if you are not using a Microsoft email account to login, then goto outlook.com make an email account, then got setting. account and set it as your Microsoft account then follow procedure above.

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

what about windows 7? thankyou!

 

[The Paladin]

oh windows is a different beast, and there is no process to recuperate anything, you can try to boot and hope windows 7 recognizes the hardware.
More then likely you will need a new install of a fresh copy of windows 7 on new hardware (and if really new hardware like last 2 years you will encounter even more hardware recognition issues ), wen you reinstall you plug your license number back in, windows 7 doesn't really check aside making sure it is a valid number.

 

[USAFRet]

Im going to change motherboard, cpu, and ram!
the only thing im not chaning is the psu, gpu and the hdd's.
So, after installing the mobo cpu and ram i want to keep my windows 7 and not to format it because takes too long
so can i keep it?
like just chaning hdd boot order and installing the bios drivers or something ,
thank you!

Win 7?
The usual 2 issues, Operation and Licensing.

Operation:
Will it simply boot up and be magically like the old system? Unlikely.
You'll probably need a clean install.

Licensing:
Where did this Win 7 license come from? Unless it is an actual Retail license, unlikely it will work on a different motherboard.

 

[USAFRet]

Additionally, what are the new parts?
It may not work with Win 7 at all.

 

[ninjaninja12341234]

guys, im not worried about formating but loosing my things! mobo is Biostar H110MHC - Intel H110 , cpu is i5 6500 , gpu is gtx 1050 ti
if i clean install i will probably loose everything on that hdd right? or since i have 2 hdd i can maybe install the software in the windows 10 because i have
2 software installed win 7 and win 10, on 2 different hdd, so the things i need are in the windows 7!

 

[USAFRet]

guys, im not worried about formating but loosing my things! mobo is Biostar H110MHC - Intel H110 , cpu is i5 6500 , gpu is gtx 1050 ti
if i clean install i will probably loose everything on that hdd right? or since i have 2 hdd i can maybe install the software in the windows 10 because i have
2 software installed win 7 and win 10, on 2 different hdd!

During any major software install, or during any major hardware change....you need to have your critical information offline on a different drive.
Always.

A clean install is exactly that. Wipe the entire drive and start from blank.