fireurza Posted December 2, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Share Posted December 2, 2012 so normally when i build a new system i get a new hdd and new os and have to reinstall everything. but this time i dont quite have the money for a new os and cant find alot of the important cd keys i need... at least the cd keys that are important to me.... i have vista 64 bit and am thinking of just upgrading my entire system to a amd 8350 cpu, 2 ati 7770 2gb vid cards, 16 gb of ram on a 3 way crossfire/sli ready mobo. what can i expect if i use the same hdd without doing a wipe at all... i know it should still work and im expecting just a driver search for now... but what else can i expect? btw im taking moving all 3 of my hdd one of which has windows.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted December 2, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted December 2, 2012 You'll have hardware and driver mismatches which may or may not crash the system, particularly with a Vista OS. It also may be an illegal use of the Vista OS since in effect, you're installing it on a new machine. Can't hurt to try - won't damage anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Blackbart Posted December 2, 2012 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.11 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Share Posted December 2, 2012 If you load "Belarc Adviser" (a free program) and run it, it will list all the keys to the programs you have loaded on you computer... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 2, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yeah, that's just asking for trouble. Even if it does successfully boot, you'll probably get an illegal registration notification on boot telling you to contact M$ to resolve the issue. Since it's a new machine, they will say, "yeah, you need to purchase a new copy of windows for that..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Labob Posted December 2, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8270 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5984 Achievement Points: 53652 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Android Share Posted December 2, 2012 Well here the story it will work or it wil not. If it does not work you know what to do. If it does work congrats ! but some where down the line you will get an error message. So that being said your best bet is use the same manufacterer as the old stuff. Asus to asus an gigibyte to and so on you should be ok that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted December 2, 2012 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Just wipe it and reinstall. They do not care if it is on another PC as long as it is ONLY on one. And Blackbart is correct...Belarc Adviser will give you all your numbers/cd codes Blackbart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
fireurza Posted December 3, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 lol now to find cod4 and and my windows vista cd as well as a few other cds.... ive moved 8 times in the last 5 years... lost alot of things in terms of cds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted December 3, 2012 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Good Luck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cavey Posted December 3, 2012 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Share Posted December 3, 2012 lol now to find cod4 and and my windows vista cd as well as a few other cds.... ive moved 8 times in the last 5 years... lost alot of things in terms of cds. One bit of advise, try loosing Windows Vista Once on Windows 7 you won't look back J3st3r and Bogleg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djMot Posted December 3, 2012 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 3, 2012 Just wipe it and reinstall. They do not care if it is on another PC as long as it is ONLY on one. And Blackbart is correct...Belarc Adviser will give you all your numbers/cd codes That is incorrect. Windows is linked to the specific hardware parameters it was able to gather and phone home with during the registration process. Attempts to modify the hardware beyond a certain point will trigger a request that the user contact Microsoft for instructions on how to re-register the product. Windows is licensed to a specific computer, and may not be randomly reassigned to another computer, even if the old computer is decommissioned and/or scrapped for parts. This is also true of Microsoft Office products. At one time, I had anticipated transferring a Microsoft Office Professional license from an old Dell computer to a new Dell computer. It was at that time, while discussing doing so with a Dell sales rep, that he informed me the licensing agreement for Microsoft Office is also tied to a specific machine and may not be transferred to another. I went back and read the EULA and found that was precisely the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
kovut Posted December 3, 2012 Member ID: 3326 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 136 Achievement Points: 1145 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/30/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 05:35 PM Birthday: 02/10/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted December 3, 2012 When I built mine I just had to reactivate windows vista and install the motherboard drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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