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n°1806056
05-05-2008 at 07:47:29 PM

I am looking to upgrade my motherboard and cpu, and I just wanted to know if I will be able to plug in my old Hard-drive (with OS installed) and go, or will I have to reinstall the os? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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n°1806058
05-05-2008 at 07:52:33 PM

It's way easier to reinstall the OS when switching motherboards.

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n°1806062
05-05-2008 at 08:08:23 PM

I'd reinstall too. Let Windows figure out the new hardware and install the right drivers and update the registry and so on.


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