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You have to re-install windows when you change your motherboard 

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Hello.

As the title says, I changed the CPU and Mobo and everything, I just kept the HDD with Windows.

The board is MSI Z270 SLI PLUS. CPU is 7600k.

The system posts into BIOS, it's all good.

It even recognizes the HDD as shown in the photo. It just won't boot into Windows. The HDD is set as first boot device. I changed to different SATA ports, nothing works.

Please help.

Thank you.

 

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MSI Z270 SLI PLUS - 7600k 5.1GHz - Corsair LPX 3000MHz - G1 Gaming GTX1060 - Arctic LiquidFreezer 240 - Crucial m.2 275GB - WD 1TB - EVGA B3 750W - Segotep Lux - LG 34UC79 Curved - Redragon Yama - Redragon Hydra - Gigabyte WIFI 

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It sucks but for some reason Microsoft considers a new mobo a new computer entirely, so you will need to reinstall it entirely.

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F**k.... This is gonna be so fun...gotta fire up the old mobo and start over again.

Thanks for the help

MSI Z270 SLI PLUS - 7600k 5.1GHz - Corsair LPX 3000MHz - G1 Gaming GTX1060 - Arctic LiquidFreezer 240 - Crucial m.2 275GB - WD 1TB - EVGA B3 750W - Segotep Lux - LG 34UC79 Curved - Redragon Yama - Redragon Hydra - Gigabyte WIFI 

Sound is provided by a Pioneer Amp from the 70s - if it's not broken, don't fix it.

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Not of its windows 10. W10 is tied to your Microsoft account, not hardware. It should run out fine. However a reinstall may help for other reasons.

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Just now, lsstefan said:

F**k.... This is gonna be so fun...gotta fire up the old mobo and start over again.

Thanks for the help

Very sorry man ;w; You can try to reinstall windows with a USB drive and use your key again, though I dont know if keys are reusable :v

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Previous was Windows 7. Was going to buy the key for 10 and make a bootable USB. I bought a m.2 ssd also to install it there.

 

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Go to the classified section of hardforums and buy a W10 key for $17.

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You can use your W7 key for w10, doesn't matter that it's new hardware. W7 doesn't support Kaby Lake and Ryzen afaik. 

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Ryzen 5 5600, GIGABYTE B550M DS3H, 16Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Asrock RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming,

Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

Daughter's Rig;

MSI B450 A Pro, Ryzen 5 3600x, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Silicon Power A55 512GB SSD, Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC, Corsair CX430

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Just now, TahoeDust said:

Go to the classified section of hardforums and buy a W10 key for $17.

But I still need a USB to install it.

Damn 17$ is cheap. I found it for 25€. Cant imagine why stores sell it for 150+...

Btw, after I save some documents from old Windows partition, can I just format it to get rid of old windows?

MSI Z270 SLI PLUS - 7600k 5.1GHz - Corsair LPX 3000MHz - G1 Gaming GTX1060 - Arctic LiquidFreezer 240 - Crucial m.2 275GB - WD 1TB - EVGA B3 750W - Segotep Lux - LG 34UC79 Curved - Redragon Yama - Redragon Hydra - Gigabyte WIFI 

Sound is provided by a Pioneer Amp from the 70s - if it's not broken, don't fix it.

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2 hours ago, lsstefan said:

But I still need a USB to install it.

Damn 17$ is cheap. I found it for 25€. Cant imagine why stores sell it for 150+...

Btw, after I save some documents from old Windows partition, can I just format it to get rid of old windows?

You don't need to buy it. Use your 7 key to activate.

Black Knight-

Ryzen 5 5600, GIGABYTE B550M DS3H, 16Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Asrock RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming,

Seasonic Focus GM 750, Samsung EVO 860 EVO SSD M.2, Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe, Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon

 

Daughter's Rig;

MSI B450 A Pro, Ryzen 5 3600x, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000mhz, Silicon Power A55 512GB SSD, Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC, Corsair CX430

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