Swapping a motherboard

[Superfish86]

I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard from an Asus m5a97 let r2.0 to an Asus gamer pro 970. I'm not changing any other hardware, other than that. My question is what do I need to do software wise to get ready for this upgrade? Can I just plug everything in and turn it on? I feel like that's too easy, and I dont want to screw up my system. And help would be appreciated

 

[R_1]

Backup your data first.
a motherboard swap will require a windows re-installation and re-activation of your OS.
Backup data, replace motherboard, reinstall windows, reinstall all programs, restore your data.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It might boot with making any changes , because they are both ASUS 970 chipsets.

It's a 50\50 shot but you have a good chance , if you were going to another manufacturer or 990 chipset , probably need a clean install.

I prefer backups , with clean installs.

 

[Superfish86]

The only problem with that is that I don't have my windows install disk anymore. Should I just put it off till I do?

 

[R_1]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/home

you can use your cd key and download a copy from here