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Does switching motherboard require a reinstall?
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Highly unlikely. These days, disk space is so cheap that all manner of drivers are provided whether you need them or not. Worst case, you should still be able to boot recovery mode or chroot, as you mentioned.
Just make sure that the disk and boot configuration is the same (uefi, sata, secure boot), else both Windows and Linux may have issues finding their boot files.
So, I'm guessing I'll need to figure out the exact paths for both boot partitions for both OSs? That way in case I needed to manually add them I will?
No, just match the settings. There's really no good way to recover if it's broken; I've never been successful at fixing it and I always end up reinstalling. If the settings match you won't have to do anything at all.
What do you mean by match the settings? What settings?