Motherboard change, Windows and DCS

[skywalker22]

Hi, I will change all main three components in my PC (mobo, cpu and memory), I am wondeirng whats best to do, what do you recommend. Complete new install of Windows, or not? Some say that Win11 are smart enough to fix all issues regarding the swap, but I'm really not that convinced yet. Personally I would go old school and install new windows, although I don't like to from many many reasons.

What do you say guys?

Edited December 11, 2024 by skywalker22

[Hipster]

I'm by no means an expert but when I did something similar I took the opportunity to "start again" with a clean re-install of "everything".  There were/are a few things that I could have done "better" based on hindsight, so next time around I'll take better notice of the current set-up, disc usage, and "configuration" that I like and try to re-produce on the new system. 

Sounds like a nice little project - good luck and enjoy.  

[Panzerlang]

If your current install isn't causing any problems I'd say stick with it. Windows is very robust now. You'll probably need to reactivate it with the new mobo.

[Dos]

YES like Panzerlang said get the number of your purchased windows before migrating or you will need to buy a windows activation key. Also my driver for my usb pcei card did not load and the windows 11 one were not working, I got the chip manufacturer drivers loaded them and still did not connect fully. I finally disabled driver signature and that seemed to fix it because now I have powered off and on my pc a few time a my usb cards are loading correctly. This may or may not happen to you. For me I did cpu mobo and ram upgrade but I also went from win 10 to win 11 and should have done that first before ever replacing hardware. All working now.

Edited December 11, 2024 by Dos

[BitMaster]

Keep it.

I might deinstall any apps that belong to your old board, Sound-BT-LAN-LED etc..  and copy the drivers from the new board to the disk before you reboot to change parts.

 

If you have no Key, tie your install to your MS account before you do so, to be able to reactivate with "I recently changed my Hardware.."

Edited December 13, 2024 by BitMaster

[Art-J]

Is it still recommended to temporarily disable all modules before components "swap" to avoid authorization issues later, or am I misremembering things?