New mobo question

[pstarlord]

I've got a new motherboard on the way, my new CPU is here just waiting patiently with me for the mobo's arrival. 

 

It just dawned on me, I've never swapped motherboards on a build before, I've only done fresh builds.  I'm wondering if I need to do anything beyond just installing my M.2 SSD's into the new mobo and booting it up?  Will the new mobo need a fresh Windows install, or will it just use the installed windows on my current boot drive? 

 

 

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, pstarlord said:

I've got a new motherboard on the way, my new CPU is here just waiting patiently with me for the mobo's arrival. 

 

It just dawned on me, I've never swapped motherboards on a build before, I've only done fresh builds.  I'm wondering if I need to do anything beyond just installing my M.2 SSD's into the new mobo and booting it up?  Will the new mobo need a fresh Windows install, or will it just use the installed windows on my current boot drive? 

 

 

No need to fresh install, work like that

[pstarlord]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

No need to fresh install, work like that

Cool.  Thanks!

[martward]

It should work straight away, however it's not guaranteed windows will still be activated. You need to link your windows license to your Microsoft account if you want to restore it I think, you should Google this Microsoft has a page where they explain. If your license is an OEM one you probably need to purchase a new license if you want an activated version of Windows. Also there could be driver issues if you go to a whole new platform so I would advice refreshing the pc, removing all the apps but not the files, though this is not mandatory.

[pstarlord]

1 minute ago, martward said:

It should work straight away, however it's not guaranteed windows will still be activated. You need to link your windows license to your Microsoft account if you want to restore it I think, you should Google this Microsoft has a page where they explain. If your license is an OEM one you probably need to purchase a new license if you want an activated version of Windows. Also there could be driver issues if you go to a whole new platform so I would advice refreshing the pc, removing all the apps but not the files, though this is not mandatory.

ah cool.  I'll look into that.  It's not an OEM system, staying on AMD CPU, but from X370 to X570 chipset.  MSI mobo to Gigabyte.  I'll try and link of my accounts, thanks!

[martward]

Just now, pstarlord said:

ah cool.  I'll look into that.  It's not an OEM system, staying on AMD CPU, but from X370 to X570 chipset.  MSI mobo to Gigabyte.  I'll try and link of my accounts, thanks!

Then I don't think you will need to reset you whole pc. However I'm also afraid that you licence will be gone and that you'd need to purchase a new one. OEM licences can usually be bought for ~$25.

[pstarlord]

1 minute ago, martward said:

Then I don't think you will need to reset you whole pc. However I'm also afraid that you licence will be gone and that you'd need to purchase a new one. OEM licences can usually be bought for ~$25.

I did buy my license.  I just checked out my Microsoft account, and all my PC's are on there.  (it's crazy how much they know about my machines. haha)  I think at this point, I'll just hook it up and trouble shoot if something comes up.