HELP! Didn't back up anything on Windows 7 and need to reinstall

Chevape · Apr 16, 2015

Alright, this shows how stupid I am. I went out and bought a new CPU and MB and turns out I had no clue that I had to reinstall Windows 7. Now, I already have my new MB and CPU hooked up, sooo theres no going back. How can I reinstall Windows 7 without losing ANYTHING on my hard drive?

Thanks!

dhvd79a · Apr 16, 2015

You shouldn't need to reinstall Windows 7. At most you need to get a new activation code from Microsoft because you changed the CPU and MB.

legokill101 · Apr 16, 2015

you cant is the short, but you can save all of your documents pictures ect by using hocing your hard drive up to another computer and copying any documents pictures ect. note this WILL NOT work with program in most cases

mcnumpty23 · Apr 16, 2015

if you are lucky you can plug in the old hard drive and still boot up especially if you stayed with the same chipset maker--ie intel to intel or amd to amd

if unlucky it will bluescreen

try starting it in safe mode first to see

legokill101 · Apr 16, 2015

My understanind was that if its a OEM lisence you could not change motherboards and still use it

mcnumpty23 · Apr 16, 2015

its worth trying plugging it in and starting in safe mode--if it lets you then you can copy stuff to flash drive etc

or if you have more than one hard drive you can connect it and copy stuff off

dhvd79a · Apr 16, 2015

"My understanding was that if its a OEM license you could not change motherboards and still use it"

Microsoft is not always as evil as people think. I have replaced components(MB or CPU) that required reactivation and called Microsoft and received an activation code. But if Chevape wants to ignore my suggestion it won't cost me any time or money.

legokill101 · Apr 16, 2015

Gez.. I was just asking beucase that was my understanding. It is not like I intended to mislead him

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