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    Activating Windows 10 after motherboard replacement?

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by MiSJAH, Jan 9, 2018.

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    Calling all those knowledgeable about Win 10 activation!

    My X5 has had the mobo replaced.

    I shipped it to the AORUS approved service partner without my SSD/HDD as on previous occasions they had had it they wiped the drives.

    I've had it back a while now and the "Activate windows - go to settings to activate windows" message is getting a little irritating.

    Any suggestions on getting windows activated without running the recovery app? I don't have an external drive handy to backup my SSD to and recovery app wipes that drive.

    Thanks.
     
    MiSJAH, Jan 9, 2018
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