OS on SSD to new Motherboard?

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I know there are multiple threads along the line of this question, but out of the near 10 I've read none answer mine particularly. Most people say you have to completely reinstall your Windows OEM when switching Mobo's.

But I have a few questions for that statement. I have a Gigabyte motherboard;
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If I upgrade with the same brand and dont get a completely different motherboard
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can I simply (in a phrase) plug in and play with nearly the same brand? Ofcourse I expect there to be some driver updates by uninstall and reinstall, but would I still require a brand new OEM? I forget all that was said, but one person let me know that he's changed Mobo's serveral times with the same Windows, he backed it up someway. Sadly I don't remember the details.

Can I keep my current OS information on my SSD, and plug in the new? If not, should I back everything up to a blank CD? With another blank CD that has all my games and other unimportant things are on my HDD? Or do I really have no choice but to Spend 100 on the new Mobo, and 100 on the new OEM? If I do have to really buy-a-new, can I only uninstall my current OEM, and can I keep everything else, including my GPU data thats on the SSD and games on my HDD? Ofcourse I know I may have to re-DL on my new mobo for the games. I still have my original Windows 7 CD if that helps anything. With the case and old code. Can I somehow call the Windows company and try to convince them I'm not a pirate without paying, since I only have one computer? I'm also keeping everything else including my CPU.

Sorry for all the questions, but those are the one's I didn't find a clear answer too.
 
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Let´s see if I got it right: You got a SSD with only one partition for your OS and one HDD with all the other stuff and no OS and you want to keep it that way, right?

If you have an external HDD or something, I´d probably backup both, the SSD and the HDD, to that one.
If you don´t have one, just create an backup of you SSD to your...
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First of all, creating a backup of your OS and especially your important data is always a good idea.

Now, if you change your motherboard there is a chance it will work even without reinstalling Windows. The problem is that there might be some old driver leftover from your current system that might cause instability lateron.
That´s why you should uninstall all tools and programs that came with your old motherboard. There are some backup tools like TrueImage that have an option to restore your old system to a new one by uninstalling the old motherboard and chipset drivers and so on.

Long story, short answer: It might work...or it might not work. You can always try and see if it works (after backing everything up!!) and if doesn´t, well...you have no other choice.

I am not sure about OEM/reactivation stuff because I own a student version of Windows. But when I (almost completely) changed my system, I just had to reactivate Windows and everything was fine.


As for your question regarding the SSD: I am sorry, but I am not sure if I got your question right...
What´s your current SSD/HDD configuration and was will be your future config?
 
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OS is tied to mobo. It's the same manufacturer but not the same model, one is amd one is intel. They have different serial numbers and oem will see that. You may give a shot but I doubt it will work. There is no such thing as uninstall OS. You need to backup all your data and do a fresh install.
 
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What´s your current SSD/HDD configuration and was will be your future config?
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Here is my SSD.
Here is my HDD.

When I started up my PC the first time my HDD was unplugged, and I made sure to write all my main things onto my SSD. Only untill I had to go to the net to get more drivers did I install my HDD. If that doesn't answer your question, what do you mean by what is my config?

 
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Oh sorry about that, I'll chose a different Gigabyte Mobo that has AMD as well since I dont plan on changing CPU's. Now say if they were both AMD then what would you think? Same answer? If so...

About the fresh install, do you mean $100 fresh? This is the scenario when they are both AMD. Sorry about Mis-post, I was impatient at the time.

 
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Well, if you get a new mobo, same manufacturer same model, they will have different serial numbers. If OEM is bounded to serial, it will recognize as different. But you can try with that, it may actually work.
Fresh install means new installation on your hdd.
 
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What do you propose about my SSD? My OEM is on my SSD. I'm thinking maybe I should back up my SSD and HDD on two different DISCs? Should I then clear out my HDD but keep my OEM on my SSD to see if the new mobo recognizes it.

I know I'm barraging you with questions, but I also know you have more computer knowledge than I do. My questions are numbering down as well. Soon all that's left for me to do is act.

 
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Been there a few years back with this one.
New version of windows, new fresh install.

What your planning is not worth the time, but by all means you can plug the other drive in from the old system and copy the contents over to the new setup. Misc files.
If most of your games are through steam you can back them up. then set them up on the new drive/ os install.
 
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I haven't even had this PC longer than 2-3 months. This all started with my mistake in purchasing a Mobo though I never thought it was a mistake back then. I thought it would be ok getting one with 1 GPU Slot. Now I'm looking at the current situation. Anyway, I'm going to try all I can to not get a brand NEW OS for $100 there must be a way. Either by calling the company or by getting a same Gigabyte brand, maybe both.
 
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Let´s see if I got it right: You got a SSD with only one partition for your OS and one HDD with all the other stuff and no OS and you want to keep it that way, right?

If you have an external HDD or something, I´d probably backup both, the SSD and the HDD, to that one.
If you don´t have one, just create an backup of you SSD to your HDD and leave the HDD untouched for the rest of the process.
Although it would probably be agood idea to safe all your very important stuff (documents, mails, pictures, audio etc.) to an external medium anyway. Just to be safe.

After the backup, I´d uninstall all the service applications that came with your mobo. Then just install your new mobo, setup your BIOS as it was before and see if everything is working fine.
 
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