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Motherboard swap without reinstalling Windows?

Xa3phod
By Xa3phod
in CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory
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I sent my Ryzen Mobo off to RMA-land and while it was gone I reinstalled my old I7-6700K to use in the meantime and it wouldn't boot. I had to reinstall Windows from scratch. The New RMA's Mobo is on its way and I would hate to have to reinstall Windows again. Any tips on how to swap the mobo and not have to reinstall windows?

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Basically it's luck. You'd have to be pretty lucky that windows won't act up now or in the future doing it so it's best to reinstall anyways.

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Personally I never had any issues. I always swap hardware without reinstalling Windows initially and only after I get it running I reinstall Windows.

All I do is to plug in the old drive after I got into the BIOS and then I restart.

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I did this when I went from an i5-4670 to an i7-6700K and when I switched to Ryzen.

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