[Solved] Amd to intel mobo

I am looking to switch ova to amd mobo + cpu to intel mobo + cpu.. do i have to reinstall windows if i do?

yes you will. anytime you change the motherboard you have to reinstall windows.

Acronis with Universal restore gets around this issue.

Then you don't know what your are talking about. http://www.acronis.com/homecomputi [...] /#features I spent three days at Acronis back in 2009 and my company uses it and all my customers use. Trust me it works you can take a server or desktop, back up the drive and then restore it using the universal restore. Which removes the drivers forcing windows to reinstall the windows drivers that it would install on the first boot, or you can even put the correct drivers in their for the new mobo. Look it up, and research it before you start talking about something you haven't tried.

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So what your suggesting is that if I replace the mobo in my dell computer I have to go out and buy a new copy of Windows because it's legally tied to the mobo. Your going to have to provide documentation on that, because according the Eula the COA is tied to the box not the motherboard. Now, this can also be a gray area if I go out and buy a retail copy of windows, the computer dies and I re-install it on a new computer, and the old one defunct. Yes, your supposed to go out and by a new copy of Windows. Now here is the challenge. Go out and find a company that does that with a server or mission critical workstation. Most companies will not replace the OS unless there is a huge significant advantage to buy the newest OS. It just does not happen. So EULA aside if you gotta have the OS and all that's on it and the box its on dies, that is what Acronis was created for. So you can move that OS whatever it is to brand new bare metal hardware, install the drivers and go about your merry way. We can debate what the EULA says until we are old and grey, but what companies around the world are actually doing and what the EULA says are two different things and everyone here on Tom's knows that.

That is pretty much, what I thought. The EULA is very clear, but very few corps and business follow it. Been there done that. In any case Acronis works well. I don't have any experience with the new one, but the reviews are excellent.

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