Win7 to 10 Upgrade Pre or Post Migrating to New Build?

Brett4u6 · Mar 25, 2016

I have a system with an i7-3930k and Win7 retail license. I will be building a new i7-6700k and will be reusing the SSD, HDD, graphics card and my Windows license.

Should I do the OS upgrade first, or build the new system first and migrate my settings under Windows 7, then do the OS upgrade?

thor220 · Mar 25, 2016

Build the system and then upgrade. Windows 10 ties the install to your motherboard.

Brett4u6 · Mar 26, 2016

Thanks for the response. I'll go that route. Follow up question...doesn't the retail license from Windows 7 transfer to Windows 10 allowing me to move the Win 10 license to a new motherboard?

thor220 · Mar 26, 2016

Brett4u6 :

No, windows 10 and windows 7 have completely different license agreements. Upon upgrading to windows 10 you are required to sign a new license agreement, which once signed, turns your windows 7 license into a windows 10 license and links it to that motherboard only.

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