Recently I bought a bunch of new pc parts as I wanted to upgrade my pc. My main concern with this upgrade is: how will I transfer my OS between motherboards, as my OS is windows 7 and it is oem. I read that trying to boot from the drive with the OS would cause errors, so Im wondering if I upgraded to windows 10 before changing motherboards if it would then be possible to boot from the hard drive with little to no errors.
Windows 7 OEM motherboard transfer issues
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- Nov 19, 2010
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An OEM, or System Builder, license is tied to the motherboard. When you change the motherboard, in Microsoft's eyes, you've built a new machine. However, you can also call Microsoft and request a new license key, which has a variable success rate.
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