I placed my hard drive from my hp pavilion into my new cooler master case and put my brothers z77 extreme 4 mobo in the case as well. I started my computer and windows 7 freezes and flashes blue screen then takes me to startup repair. Figured out the startup repair and it's now asking me "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device and press a key". Confused after reading other threads about OEM's and reactivating windows. Do I need a new OEM key or just buy a new windows 7 home premium disk? Help! Update: I believe my original computer came with windows already installed.
Different motherboard. Windows reinstallation?
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- Apr 22, 2009
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You need to do a clean install of Win7 when you replace the MB. If you have the product key from the installation disk, you can use that to re-activate Windows before the 30 day trial is up. But if the copy of Win7 is an OEM, you may have to 'jump thru some hoops' before you get granted a new license.
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