If I get a new motherboard do I have to get windows 7 to install?
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Ck1_13
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Most likely, yes I"m afraid. The new motherboard will likely have a different archtechure, chipset, and need to be reinstalled to align the hardware in device manager properly. You 'may' get lucky, and be able to boot into safe mode, in which case you should be ok for fixing drivers.
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C12Friedman
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Your OS will need to be reinstalled on your hard drive, it is attempting to repair drivers for hardware that no longer exists
The OS is stored on your hard drive, not the motherboard, if this was a pre-built that you are upgrading, the old license for Windows will no longer be valid and likely any restore disks will not have the correct hardware resources
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No, you cannot do that. The Windows 7 OEM license is locked to the first motherboard it is installed on and cannot be moved to another. If you replace the motherboard it must be with the same make/model. You can try calling Microsoft and plead your case but understand that they are under no obligation to allow you to activate your existing OEM copy on another system.
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