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Hello,
I have a Dell xps 435mt and am upgrading the motherboard. Originally installed was windows Vista but I bought a student upgrade version of Windows 7 and did a clean install. Will this operating system work with a new motherboard or does it still carry some dell restrictions so that it will only work on a dell motherboard?

I remember when I did the clean install the disk carried a small partition of a few MB (or something similar). I assumed this was something like dell diagnostics or something so let it stay (dont know what it is for sure), will this need to be deleted for it to work?

thanks for any replies

Reply to dom99

As long as you didn't buy an OEM version of Windows, it will not be tied to a specific machine.

Reply to Herr_Koos

Oh ok thanks for the reply, should just be a case of plugging it in and itll boot up then

Reply to dom99

It might be worth looking at the small print on the book that came with the upgrade. I have a feeling it may not activate properly on a new hardware setup.

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