Windows 10 and new mobo

[Camycam2ers]

Hi tech peeps, I'm planning on upgrading my mobo and processor for my birthday and apparently my free upgrade of windows 10 is going to be available two days after my birthday. Since I cant use my same copy of windows 7 with a new mobo (or so I've heard) would it be possible to use windows 10 as my os since its tied to my email? Like will I get a download I can copy onto a usb drive I can use on the new computer? Or will I just need to buy another copy of windows and upgrade then.

 

[Reyaz123]

Not that I know of, but if Microsoft allowed you to download through your email, everyone would exploit that and have the full version of windows 10 by now lol.

Your only option is to purchase the full version of Windows 7,8,8.1 (not the OEM which you already have, but the disc that comes with the 32-bit and 64-bit version)

Anyone here should correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not confident that is your only option

 

[SBMfromLA]

Actually, you may have heard wrong. If your OEM version of Windows was pre-installed on your computer (Dell, HP, etc.) then replacing the motherboard with a non-oem brand will cause your version of Windows to no longer work.

However, if you have a home-built computer and you installed the OEM Systems Builders Edition of Windows... Yes, it's tied to your motherboard... but almost everyone I've researched said they were still able to get their OEM version of Windows activated after installing a new motherboard. However, you did say you will do both your CPU and Motherboard... but you would still have nothing to lose.. I would still reinstall Windows and if it doesn't want to activate.. give Microsoft a call and just explain you needed to replace your motherboard and more than likely they'll go ahead and give you a new serial key to activate it.