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Hey, guys!
I have seen several posts here, including post from the administrator of the forum, claiming that Windows 8 is not "motherboard-bound" as it used to be with Windows 7 and can be moved and run on another system. I have OEM version of Windows 8.0 installed. Once I wanted to use the same serial/key on another build. It accepted it at first and was working, but a week later- it told me that this key was already in use and asked for another key.
Now the issue: I have i7 3770K with Asus P8Z77- V Pro Thunderbolt build. It is my music production computer and it has many software, such as VST plug ins installed with sound libraries and samples installed over 3 hard drives. All together it has 2 SSD drives and 2 HDD drives. I have 2 problems with it:
1) It is Win. 8.0. I am afraid to upgrade it to 8.1, because some of my MIDI controllers and audio devices do not have 8.1 drivers. But I know that with time I may have problems because everything will be made for 8.1.
2). I have one midi controller (NI Maschine) that prevents Windows to boot when it connected before Windows loaded. It puts Windows in restart loop and them attempts to start repair. After working with NI tech support for 3 months and reinstalling drivers and software and even deleting the keys in the registry, we were not able to resolve this issue. NI claims that this happens only on my computer and refuses to fix it or take the gear back. My Haswell build with Win 8.1 has no problems to load windows when this controller is connected. It has Z87 Deluxe motherboard.
During thye Blackfriday events I was seduced in to starting another build. I justify it as a build for my son, also it is 3rd build this year. It was supposed to be a budget build but then I bought I7 4770K and now it is stronger build than my main music computer.
I want to take the 4 drives (2 SSD and 2 HDD) and move them in to this new Haswell build (have not decided on motherboard). Why? I hope that this would resolve the controller issue of Windows failing *IF* it was motherboard-related. If it was error in Windows 8.0 installation, then moving it to another MoBo and processor would not solve anything, but I will have stronger hardware. It bothers me that my 9 years old child would have better build than my professional recording studio. So I want to give him this 1 year old 3770K build and move my drives in to the new build. Another reason to move is that I like to make my music computer a dual boot and run Mac OS on it and I can not do it with Asus P8Z77 board- it has to be Z87 or Gigabyte brand.
Sorry for all this reading. But can I just move the drives on to another motherboard/processor build, or will it freak out and ask for another key?
If it does as for another key, can I just give it another key without reinstalling anything?
Can I use the old key on the new SSD that I would put in to older Z77 3770 K? If it is motherboard0 bound, it should accept it, right?
Thank you for reading and your input.
I have seen several posts here, including post from the administrator of the forum, claiming that Windows 8 is not "motherboard-bound" as it used to be with Windows 7 and can be moved and run on another system. I have OEM version of Windows 8.0 installed. Once I wanted to use the same serial/key on another build. It accepted it at first and was working, but a week later- it told me that this key was already in use and asked for another key.
Now the issue: I have i7 3770K with Asus P8Z77- V Pro Thunderbolt build. It is my music production computer and it has many software, such as VST plug ins installed with sound libraries and samples installed over 3 hard drives. All together it has 2 SSD drives and 2 HDD drives. I have 2 problems with it:
1) It is Win. 8.0. I am afraid to upgrade it to 8.1, because some of my MIDI controllers and audio devices do not have 8.1 drivers. But I know that with time I may have problems because everything will be made for 8.1.
2). I have one midi controller (NI Maschine) that prevents Windows to boot when it connected before Windows loaded. It puts Windows in restart loop and them attempts to start repair. After working with NI tech support for 3 months and reinstalling drivers and software and even deleting the keys in the registry, we were not able to resolve this issue. NI claims that this happens only on my computer and refuses to fix it or take the gear back. My Haswell build with Win 8.1 has no problems to load windows when this controller is connected. It has Z87 Deluxe motherboard.
During thye Blackfriday events I was seduced in to starting another build. I justify it as a build for my son, also it is 3rd build this year. It was supposed to be a budget build but then I bought I7 4770K and now it is stronger build than my main music computer.
I want to take the 4 drives (2 SSD and 2 HDD) and move them in to this new Haswell build (have not decided on motherboard). Why? I hope that this would resolve the controller issue of Windows failing *IF* it was motherboard-related. If it was error in Windows 8.0 installation, then moving it to another MoBo and processor would not solve anything, but I will have stronger hardware. It bothers me that my 9 years old child would have better build than my professional recording studio. So I want to give him this 1 year old 3770K build and move my drives in to the new build. Another reason to move is that I like to make my music computer a dual boot and run Mac OS on it and I can not do it with Asus P8Z77 board- it has to be Z87 or Gigabyte brand.
Sorry for all this reading. But can I just move the drives on to another motherboard/processor build, or will it freak out and ask for another key?
If it does as for another key, can I just give it another key without reinstalling anything?
Can I use the old key on the new SSD that I would put in to older Z77 3770 K? If it is motherboard0 bound, it should accept it, right?
Thank you for reading and your input.
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