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Moving HD/Win 7 Install after MOBO failure, possible?
Ok, a little background: I purchased an HP Pavilion P6214Y Desktop about two years ago. System ran well, perhaps a little hot from time to time, until one morning (shortly after the warranty period, of course) it froze and and started returning "No bootable media found" errors on startup. I narrowed down the problem to having something to do with the SATA connection on the motherboard, for which the solution would to be to attempt to find a replacement MOBO from a third party distributor, or have HP repair it for a small fortune.
So my next idea is to purchase a replacement MOBO and processor (and memory to match). Theoretically, I have a functional HD, powersupply and case. While not trying to be cheap, I would like to be as cost effiecent as possible. After doing some research, I've found that (likely) it would not be as simple as hooking my existing equipment into a new MOBO/processor, or the second choice, dropping my old HD with win7 into a new barebones-type kit.
Since I cannot prep my installation for the move, will a complete reinstall be necessary? Also, I'm planning to change from AMD processor/MOBO to Intel, would that cause further issues? I have access to other Windows 7 machines through work, but none with the same hardware setup as my personal machine, would I still be able to create/use recovery media from those units to repair or reinstall Win7 on the new, hybrid machine? Or am I just better off biting the bullet and purchasing a new physical copy/license of Win7, and reinstalling from that?
I don't have any system created backups, but I was able to retrieve my files from my HD onto a backup drive using a USB on a different PC, so I'm not too worried about losing files. Finally, from an inexperienced builder, are there any other glaring issues I'm overlooking?
Thank you all for taking the time.