Replacing a mobo--is a reformat in order?

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Vormund

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Just wondering...if anyone has ever done this. I need to replace my motherboard because of a few minor problems with it -- it will be replaced with the same make/model -- so I was hoping I could just swap them out, and reconfigure the bios... but maybe I'm wrong... thanks for any input:)
 
Since there the same the drivers and software will load the same way, and shouldnt cause any errors unless you do something differnt to the BIOS.
 
I have a hard drive i swap in and out of PC's as i build them to quickly test the configuration. No reformat is necessary as long as the drive was workin before. New mobo should be same as old one, just unplug install the mobo and plug everything back in. Simple as that.
 
Yes, you can replace it without a format. You can even replace it without a format if the mobo is completely different (backup files though).
 
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