Hello, I'm updating my Windows 10 AMD A4-6300 computer to a 6700k with an asus mobo. I've gotten conflicting answers while searching around this website, some say that Windows 10 doesn't need a clean install to switch platform but others do. I have a Windows 10 install tool prepared on USB just in case, but I would like to save the time and not have to reinstall everything I can't fit onto my external hard drive. Is there a way I can avoid a clean install in this situation?
Changing CPU and Mobo
- Thread starter dolan77
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I would look at a 7700k if you are buying new.
1.) Windows writes chip set drivers and cpu information to the OS. If you didn't want to do a clean install, you could try Sysprep. That is not REALLY for this but for cloning drives and making a new SID for domain environments.
2.) The time that number 1 would take a install of a fresh OS would be completed with easy.
I would reinstall.
1.) Windows writes chip set drivers and cpu information to the OS. If you didn't want to do a clean install, you could try Sysprep. That is not REALLY for this but for cloning drives and making a new SID for domain environments.
2.) The time that number 1 would take a install of a fresh OS would be completed with easy.
I would reinstall.
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You won't know till you go to boot it , sometimes it boots , sometimes not , when switching platforms it is best to clean install for best performance.
Setup a Microsoft Account and link your current PC to it , then backup whatever you want to save and perform a clean install on your new setup and activate it with your Microsoft account from within windows. Skip the key entry during setup and activate it from within windows with the registered Microsoft Account.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/
Create a USB installer here ^
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ROoOkPWIM"][/video]
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP4sAhmH_Oo"][/video]
Setup a Microsoft Account and link your current PC to it , then backup whatever you want to save and perform a clean install on your new setup and activate it with your Microsoft account from within windows. Skip the key entry during setup and activate it from within windows with the registered Microsoft Account.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/
Create a USB installer here ^
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ROoOkPWIM"][/video]
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP4sAhmH_Oo"][/video]
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