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Switching from amd to intel without re-installing windows

Napu
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Ok, I don't want to buy a new copy of windows, I read that this could work with the proper precautions, and my friends got it to work, so I'm trying this. What kind of drivers and such should I delete before changing the parts? What other things I should consider before doing so? And will it leave a watermark saying that my windows isn't activated? Because when I looked up this stuff, a lot of people seemed to have that problem.

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

It should work. Just move the drive and see what happens. If it says its not activated, put the key in again.

Yeah that's the problematic part since I can't find the key anywhere :/ I mean I guess I just could call microsoft and say that my mobo died and get a new key, but still, I'd prefer not to even have the watermark in the first place.

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If Windows detects more than 3 changes, it needs a licence again.

 

Windows 10 is slightly different now though.

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I would make a clone/image of the drive if possible. 

Boot into Windows and attempt to delete everything in the drivers folder. Afterwards, go to your motherboard manufacturer's webpage and download the drivers for the board.

 

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While you may be able to get it to work, it's is far from a good idea.  Drivers for chipsets and many other components are very involved.  Switching platforms is a big deal and you should follow that up with a clean install of Windows otherwise you are asking for a bunch of unpredictable problems.

 

Why upgrade if you are going to shortcut the job at the end?

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15 minutes ago, Napu said:

Ok, I don't want to buy a new copy of windows, I read that this could work with the proper precautions, and my friends got it to work, so I'm trying this. What kind of drivers and such should I delete before changing the parts? What other things I should consider before doing so? And will it leave a watermark saying that my windows isn't activated? Because when I looked up this stuff, a lot of people seemed to have that problem.

You cant change chipsets...  Windows wont boot.  You need to do a clean installation.

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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Windows didn't prompt me for a key when I swapped my GTX 960 for an R9 390.

EDIT: So your windows key shouldn't be worried about. 

I think you just need to use display driver uninstaller to uninstall your previous GPU drivers. 

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2 minutes ago, fpo said:

Windows didn't prompt me for a key when I swapped my GTX 960 for an R9 390. 

 

That's because you only switched your video card.  That's not what the OP is talking about.

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