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A buddy is replacing the mobo in his Emachine and purchased a biostar T series. Question is when replacing mobo what is the best way to remove/replace drivers in hdd? i would really appreciat some help on this situation as I'm not sure either of us have it right!:toast:
 
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Before the change remove all installed drivers from the hd. After connecting new board install the new ones should be fine. Worked for me a few months back.:D
Could be that your friend has to do a clean Windows install in worst case.
 
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sneekypeet said:
A buddy is replacing the mobo in his Emachine and purchased a biostar T series. Question is when replacing mobo what is the best way to remove/replace drivers in hdd? i would really appreciat some help on this situation as I'm not sure either of us have it right!:toast:
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Of course you aren't really doing this because the M$ license doesn't allow you to change your motherboard :rolleyes:

But TBH no one cares about that, and I agree - uninstall your drivers first, then install the news ones once you plug in the new mobo. Back up any data first though, just in case.
 
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thx fellas ...sorta what we were thinking, just makin sure! hey jimmy he can still use the code on the case to get windows up and runnin?????
 
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Not Jimmy.:laugh: But it should be no problem.
I never had with my HP pc when changing motherboard. I don't really know Emachines but i asume they pre build.
 
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technicks said:
Not Jimmy.:laugh: But it should be no problem.
I never had with my HP pc when changing motherboard. I don't really know Emachines but i asume they pre build.
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Lol, I made a post too :toast:

Anyway, although the update to the license says that you can't legally transfer from one motherboard to another, you can probably get away with it. If you have any problems with activating (changing motherboard might promt the activation), just phone Microsoft on the number that it gives, and if they ask why you're having problems just say that you upgraded the CPU or something. They won't know it's the motherboard, and IMO its the same computer, so ethically there isn't anything wrong, although legally there is. They'll give you the code.

There are people that will disagree with my opinion, but that's how I feel. :cool:
 
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