Swapping m.2 with windows from one motherboard to another

[oscian44]

I have an asus b150 gaming aura motherboard and am upgrading to an Asus Strix Z270H and want to reuse my m.2 with windows on it,

Do i have to wipe the m.2 to install new motherboard drivers and get new windows or can I just put it in the new board and install drivers.

Wont the drivers conflict?

P.S. this is my first post, and I'm pretty new to computers.

 

[CountMike]

Same as using any other kind of drive, it may work (windows ?) or it may not, W10 should have some advantage over W7 because of better supply of drivers.

 

[Satan-IR]

As mentioned above it may work or not. I've done that on XP and Win 7 systems.

I even added the system drive (HDD and SSD) to a whole new system (new CPU, MOBO and RAM) and it worked but there were some weird issues.

Speaking from experience you can give it a try but it's usually better practice to do a clean install of Windows.

 

[oscian44]

As mentioned above it may work or not. I've done that on XP and Win 7 systems.

I even added the system drive (HDD and SSD) to a whole new system (new CPU, MOBO and RAM) and it worked but there were some weird issues.

Speaking from experience you can give it a try but it's usually better practice to do a clean install of Windows.

Does a clean install mean i have to buy a new code? Also im using Windows 10

 

[Satan-IR]

As mentioned above it may work or not. I've done that on XP and Win 7 systems.

I even added the system drive (HDD and SSD) to a whole new system (new CPU, MOBO and RAM) and it worked but there were some weird issues.

Speaking from experience you can give it a try but it's usually better practice to do a clean install of Windows.

Does a clean install mean i have to buy a new code? Also im using Windows 10

As far as I know installation records (hash of the hardware) for Windows 10 is recorded online and when user attempt to install the same Windows from same installation media it automatically activates once installation is finished and system connects to the internet.

Even if user changes components that can cause the online activation servers to think it's a different machine (e..g the motherboard) a phone call to their support will resolve the issue.

In your case the motherboard change might require that. All that is if you own an authentic retail license with activation code which I presume you have.

 

[USAFRet]

Does a clean install mean i have to buy a new code? Also im using Windows 10

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

 

[oscian44]

Does a clean install mean i have to buy a new code? Also im using Windows 10

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

Thank you very much, linked my account and read up about the activation troubleshooter, thanks for the help.