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3 minutes ago, ManuMitra said:

So recently my old mobo and cpu due to some issue gave up on me, so today I'll be getting my new cpu and motherboard, but the confusion now is , my ssd has still the OS installed on it and the hdd is also attached to that old setup, so when I'll be installing the new mobo and cpu and connecting the old drives on it, so do I need to install Windows 10 again for the new mobo and cpu or just plugging in the existing drives with OS installed on them will work? Please help me with this. Thank you

You won't have to reinstall it but you might have to reactivate it.

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So recently my old mobo and cpu due to some issue gave up on me, so today I'll be getting my new cpu and motherboard, but the confusion now is , my ssd has still the OS installed on it and the hdd is also attached to that old setup, so when I'll be installing the new mobo and cpu and connecting the old drives on it, so do I need to install Windows 10 again for the new mobo and cpu or just plugging in the existing drives with OS installed on them will work? Please help me with this. Thank you

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3 minutes ago, ManuMitra said:

So recently my old mobo and cpu due to some issue gave up on me, so today I'll be getting my new cpu and motherboard, but the confusion now is , my ssd has still the OS installed on it and the hdd is also attached to that old setup, so when I'll be installing the new mobo and cpu and connecting the old drives on it, so do I need to install Windows 10 again for the new mobo and cpu or just plugging in the existing drives with OS installed on them will work? Please help me with this. Thank you

You won't have to reinstall it but you might have to reactivate it.

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5 minutes ago, ManuMitra said:

So recently my old mobo and cpu due to some issue gave up on me, so today I'll be getting my new cpu and motherboard, but the confusion now is , my ssd has still the OS installed on it and the hdd is also attached to that old setup, so when I'll be installing the new mobo and cpu and connecting the old drives on it, so do I need to install Windows 10 again for the new mobo and cpu or just plugging in the existing drives with OS installed on them will work? Please help me with this. Thank you

Follow the guide in my signature.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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If you need to learn how to install Windows, check here:  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324871-guide-how-to-install-windows-the-right-way/

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