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rishiswaz

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I heard that with Windows 8 the verification is tied into the motherboard so if I wanted to upgrade my motherboard I would have to buy a new copy of Windows 8. If anyone knows about this that would be great, trying to upgrade from my MSI 970A-G46 to an Asus Sabertooth 990FX as soon as possible and would rather not buy another 100 dollar Windows 8 copy
 
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The_Prophecy

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You can transfer System Builder (Retail) copies of Windows 8 to another machine, but you must remove the existing copy from the old system. What you cannot legally transfer is a copy of Windows 8 provided on an OEM machine such as a prebuilt Dell or Asus system that ships with Windows 8 out of the box. Those systems' keys are encoded in their respective BIOS' and cannot be moved.

Edit: Assuming the system boots up with the new motherboard and you don't end up having to reinstall Windows anyway, you will have to re-activate your copy of Windows 8. That should take no more than about 30 seconds and shouldn't give you much trouble.
 
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rishiswaz

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I bought the box version that they had at the store for 99.99 so would that be transferable? I still have the product key and I installed through USB and I still have that too.
 
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I got Windows 8 regular edition, my motherboard, and my CPU as a bundle and then got the pro pack as a gift. I just moved the ISO to a USB instead because I did not have a DVD drive at the time of installation.
 
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