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I have a likely simple question for most people but I need to know if I am putting a new motherboard in what will be required outside of the basic installation.

I will be going from an Asrock z68 Extreme3 Gen3 to Asrock z77 Extreme4.

Should I need to be prepared for new installation of windows or anything else for that matter? I ask because I have seen where if I stay with the same socket size and brand that re-installations may not be necessary but I would like to get an answer from someone who actually knows more about this stuff than myself.

Thanks in advance!
 
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You will need to reinstall windows and your programs again. The new board has a different chipset which means different MB drivers. You will get BSOD's if anything at all.

Otherwise you can sysprep your OS. To do this, go to C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe, check 'generalize', select 'OOBE' on drop down menu, and 'Shut down'.

When your new PC boots off of your old HDD, you'll get the 'out of box experience' screen, asking you to create new user account. Just call it anything and after that's done, you can log off and switch to your main user account.

Once you're logged in with your main account, you can safely proceed with deleting the newly made account in Control Panel > User Accounts applet

To clarify what sysprep...
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You will need to reinstall windows and your programs again. The new board has a different chipset which means different MB drivers. You will get BSOD's if anything at all.

Otherwise you can sysprep your OS. To do this, go to C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe, check 'generalize', select 'OOBE' on drop down menu, and 'Shut down'.

When your new PC boots off of your old HDD, you'll get the 'out of box experience' screen, asking you to create new user account. Just call it anything and after that's done, you can log off and switch to your main user account.

Once you're logged in with your main account, you can safely proceed with deleting the newly made account in Control Panel > User Accounts applet

To clarify what sysprep does, it basicly gets rid of all platform specific data such as drivers and configuration files.

Then install the new MB drivers. To be on the safe side, I would save all the data that you did not want to lose before trying either.
 
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So is this the best way to install the new motherboard? I just want to be certain (and would like to avoid a clean install if possible). If so is your description as simple as it sounds?
 
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