Install new motherboard keep old windows installation

[madman7]

I'm thinking about installing a totally new motherboard but want to keep my Windows 7 installation. I have read that using sysprep is the way to do it. Can anybody expand on this or tell me what is the way to go?
Thanks

 

[EarthDog]

Sys prep is one way, yep.

What board/chipset are you moving to? If it's the same, nothing needs to happen except perhaps install drivers.

 

[Dlaw]

With modern OSs, I've found that simply uninstalling the drivers specific to the components being switched out (ie: sound, chipset, LAN etc.) is sufficient, though one should always consider a fresh install on the new hardware.

Remember, though: You will need to manually activate Windows.

 

[madman7]

I'll be going from an AMD 790 chip set to an AMD 990FX chip set.

 

[oldiron]

Did mine with sysprep and it was pretty painless