Hi all,
So I'm upgrading my motherboard to a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra LGA1151-CL ATX and Iv'e been getting different answers from the computer shop.
First they told me that they could use my current OS drive with Windows 10 on it and connect it to the motherboard no problem and that the OS drive would detect the new motherboard and configure appropriately, now today another guy from the shop called and said that's not the case and I would need a complete fresh install of Windows 10 at a charge of $110.
Can anyone tell me which is correct ? I obviously don't want a fresh install because I will have to reinstall so many different things and also I don't have a lot of money.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
edit I am upgrading from Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7 LGA1150 ATX Motherboard and it was a retail copy of Windows 8 with the free upgrade to Windows 10 which I did about a year ago.
So I'm upgrading my motherboard to a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra LGA1151-CL ATX and Iv'e been getting different answers from the computer shop.
First they told me that they could use my current OS drive with Windows 10 on it and connect it to the motherboard no problem and that the OS drive would detect the new motherboard and configure appropriately, now today another guy from the shop called and said that's not the case and I would need a complete fresh install of Windows 10 at a charge of $110.
Can anyone tell me which is correct ? I obviously don't want a fresh install because I will have to reinstall so many different things and also I don't have a lot of money.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
edit I am upgrading from Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7 LGA1150 ATX Motherboard and it was a retail copy of Windows 8 with the free upgrade to Windows 10 which I did about a year ago.
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