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Ducky
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New Mobo Win7 issue | #1 | ||
So, recently my motherboard up and died on me for what ever reason. I have now bought and replaced the motherboard, and the CPU while i was at it.
The issue being windows can no longer load due to only having the drivers for the old motherboard. At least that's how i understand it from a bit if google searching. the system is originally a pre-built deal, so I don't own a disk/license. My question is this. Is there any way for me to acquire Windows 7 again and get a new key legally, without simply buying it again? Since technically it's still the same system it was bought for.. or.. something. yeah. | ||||
Posted 04-19-2013, 05:00 PM |
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Coda
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Yes. You just have to call Microsoft support and let them know that you replaced a failed motherboard and they'll give you a new activation key. It's really pretty painless, just kinda time-consuming.
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Posted 04-19-2013, 05:13 PM |
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My first suggestion is to see if you can get it booted into Safe Mode long enough to get the drivers. Theoretically you were supposed to have burned a recovery disk before your computer failed. You can get someone else to burn one if you have to.
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Posted 04-19-2013, 05:43 PM |
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Huh. That's a new one to me. Well, see if you can find someone else with Win7 that can make you a recovery disk.
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Posted 04-19-2013, 06:22 PM |
Ducky
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I have another, probably stupid, question. Do you require a working version of the previous windows if you were to upgrade to Windows 8. I have a friend who has a spare Windows 8 upgrade thing. is it at all possible to just use that disk to do a clean install of 8, although my windows 7 is broken..
I'm pretty computer illiterate, if you hadn't guessed >_>
Last edited by Ducky; 04-20-2013 at 02:03 PM.
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Posted 04-20-2013, 01:44 PM |
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No, the upgrade check will be able to see it's on the hard drive, even if it can't boot.
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Posted 04-21-2013, 03:48 PM |
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It's... messy. It has some advantages over 7 but the experience changes so much that you'll get REALLY annoyed about it until you get used to it, at which point it's still an inferior experience to Win7 but you can deal with it.
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Posted 04-21-2013, 10:54 PM |
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You can't get rid of the touch panel home screen. You can set the default UI back to desktop mode, but you still get the home screen instead of the start menu.
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Posted 04-22-2013, 10:02 AM |
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Adrian Cuyler
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Just use the same key you used before.
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Posted 05-17-2013, 03:47 PM |
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