OEM Win7 and a new Motherboard

[GilaStomper]

So long story short I want to get a new motherboard but I have a OEM copy of Windows 7 so when I do a re-install of Win7 there is a good chance it won't install. Basically is there a way around this at all? I have heard going to MS support may help. My Current MOBO is a ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L-M/USB3 (AM3R2) and i want to get an ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard along with a new CPU. This is because i want to switch from AMD to Intel

 

[USAFRet]

Soooo A format...well that's great I'm gonna lose all my files.....and have to redownload EVERYTHING all 1 TERBYTE of it....sorry...

Depending on how your system is configured....
If you have only the one drive, then you are a little bit screwed.

And if you have only the one drive, you are but one drive crash from losing everything anyway.

 

[GilaStomper]

Soooo A format...well that's great I'm gonna lose all my files.....and have to redownload EVERYTHING all 1 TERBYTE of it....sorry...

Depending on how your system is configured....
If you have only the one drive, then you are a little bit screwed.

And if you have only the one drive, you are but one drive crash from losing everything anyway.

Very true which is why i'm considering getting a SSD for my OS and keep my HDD for my stuff.

 

[geofelt]

You will not regret using a ssd.
Do a clean install on the ssd, and do not have the hard drive attached while installing.
Otherwise windows will try to allocate a hidden recovery partition on it, complicating reuse of the hard drive.
After the install, reattach the hard drive and all your files will be available to you.
Because you have a new/clean registry, your programs will need to be reinstalled.

If you want, before converting, run the windows easy transfer program exporting your settings to a file on the hard drive. After install you can import your settings. You will also get a report on what programs need to be reinstalled.

 

[GilaStomper]

You will not regret using a ssd.
Do a clean install on the ssd, and do not have the hard drive attached while installing.
Otherwise windows will try to allocate a hidden recovery partition on it, complicating reuse of the hard drive.
After the install, reattach the hard drive and all your files will be available to you.
Because you have a new/clean registry, your programs will need to be reinstalled.

If you want, before converting, run the windows easy transfer program exporting your settings to a file on the hard drive. After install you can import your settings. You will also get a report on what programs need to be reinstalled.

May i ask how would i remove Win7 From my HDD as mentioned above 'one does not simply uninstall windows' as that may conflict with the OS on my SSD...

 

[USAFRet]

You will not regret using a ssd.
Do a clean install on the ssd, and do not have the hard drive attached while installing.
Otherwise windows will try to allocate a hidden recovery partition on it, complicating reuse of the hard drive.
After the install, reattach the hard drive and all your files will be available to you.
Because you have a new/clean registry, your programs will need to be reinstalled.

If you want, before converting, run the windows easy transfer program exporting your settings to a file on the hard drive. After install you can import your settings. You will also get a report on what programs need to be reinstalled.

May i ask how would i remove Win7 From my HDD as mentioned above 'one does not simply uninstall windows' as that may conflict with the OS on my SSD...

Install on the SSD with only the SSD connected.
Wipe the old drive.
Done.