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I’m going from Z97 Pro4 i7 4790k to i7 8700k and ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard.
(Windows 10 is OEM usb from Best Buy.)

I will be selling my mobo and cpu once I remove my windows 10 from the mobo.

I need help with what steps I have to do for everything to go smoothly!
I have linked my windows 10 with my Microsoft account already. I don’t have the new motherboard yet because I will be buying it later once I sell first.( like tomorrow if this works)

Do I have to uninstall any drivers from Harddrive or anything like that?
How do I unactivate my account from the mobo? Once I unactivate my account do I just install the new mobo?
 
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1. For a new motherboard, you may well need a fresh OS install.

2. For the licensing/activation, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html


After you get it running, the activation will fail.
This is when you go into the Activation troubleshooter, and tell it "This is the system I'm using now" (or words to that effect)
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1. For a new motherboard, you may well need a fresh OS install.

2. For the licensing/activation, Read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3164428/windows-build-1607-activation.html


After you get it running, the activation will fail.
This is when you go into the Activation troubleshooter, and tell it "This is the system I'm using now" (or words to that effect)
 
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I had a z170 motherboard and tried booting the windows c drive on a asrock z370 motherboard successfully.
I needed only to install the supplied drivers and activate with the old windows 10 key.
If you want to preserve a lot of installed apps, I would try that first.
If a clean install is not a bother, then that might be better.
 
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Just link the OS license to your MS account, as above.
Then you should be OK to use it.

I'm in the process of doing exactly that with my wifes PC. It is currently failing "Unable to connect to activation severs"
But eventually it will go through.
Had the same issue last year with my main system. Eventually, it worked.
 
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"remove my windows 10 from the mobo"

As far as Windows 10 stored on the motherboard, you would need to be using an OEM PC that the manufacturer embedded the product key in your PC’s UEFI firmware.

If you have a doubt about that, this tool will retrieve that if you have one.
Windows Product Key Tool (available from several places, I will give a link for one place)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Windows-Product-Key-Tool.shtml

If you don't have that then Product key is:
a) Stored in software on your PC
b) Printed on a sticker

In both cases, it is not part of the motherboard. It is stored on the SSD or hard drive that it was installed on.

I have no idea what kind of Windows 10 software you have or if you have a transferable license from Microsoft to use on another motherboard.

When installing Windows 10, at the beginning of the installation you have an opportunity to delete all existing partitions on the drive giving you a clean slate to reinstall Windows 10.

 
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