Question Upgrading to Windows 10 with a different Motherboard

[IamTyphoon]

I am still using a non activated Windows 7 but I am planning on upgrading to Windows 10 ASAP but I am changing my motherboard and CPU and I am wondering how to go about doing this?

Do I install Windows 10 then change motherboard? But it won't then boot? I also want to keep all my data on my HDD as well?

Help

 

[SkyNetRising]

New cpu/motherboard means - it's a new pc.

Possible problems:

old hdd on new pc might not boot,​

it may boot, but with bsods/crashes/impaired performance.​

Anyway - clean install on new hardware is highly recommended.

Recommended course of actions:

get a new hdd/ssd,​

perform clean install of windows 10 on it,​

reconnect your old hdd,​

move user data from old hdd to new ssd/hdd​

clean/format old hdd and use it for secondary storage.​