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moving Vista to new mobo and cpu
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I have Vista premium installed on old mobo and a Pentium 4 3.0; I have aquired a new Asus mobo and Pentium D 2.8; Can I just move HDD with Vista installed, old graphics adapter, memory and modem to the new mobo without problems? will Microsoft object? will I have to reinstall Vista?
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I dont think there will be an issue as long as you provide the proper driver for the MB. Pre-Installed Vista should work with your H/W change.
You will need to re-install and you will need to re-activate (if it fails rung up MS on the number provided and explain, they will be ok)
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Originally Posted by jbennet 
You will need to re-install and you will need to re-activate (if it fails rung up MS on the number provided and explain, they will be ok)
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Yes a repair install should be sufficient which will leave your data and settings in tact. But you should do a backup of everything you can't do without before upgrading to your new mobo.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1755&page=5
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1755&page=5
Last edited by hollystyles; Sep 11th, 2007 at 8:32 am.
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