Sysprep

[Darth Wagtaros]

Think I could sysprep my drive so I don't have to re-install the OS for my new motherboard?  I really don't look forward to that.  though I should probably just pay for Windows 8.1 at this point.

[Grey Fox]

Just make a ghost image?

[DontSayBanana]

Just make a ghost image?

The problem with that is that Microsoft likes to hide a bunch of its downloads so validation has to be re-run at the time of download.  A motherboard would probably be enough to throw that off, and I know Wags has been talking about working on MS certs, so probably needs unfettered access to the MS downloads/MSDN.

[Grey Fox]

You can revalidate. Use the phone option, when it ask on how many computer the os is install say 1.

There are MSDN subs without Windows license?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well my thinking now is to just blow it away.  I won a 60 gb SSD a while back.  I'll install Windows on that, then use my larger SSD for applications(gaming) and the WD for data.  May as well just make a clean start. Just need a copy of Windows.