Booting up windows 10 from hdd

[Prince Guerra]

I would like to know if I can boot up my windows 10 from the hard drive when I build my new computer. I'm gonna replace everything except for the hard drive, the case, and the power supply

 

[Ralston18]

Yes.

If the hard drive is the designated boot drive then all should be well.

You may run into some problems with drivers etc.. Hopefully the Windows drivers will kick in and work.

Then you should be able to download, install, configure, and use the approriate manufacturer's drivers.

Do make a clone of the original hard drive. Use the clone(s) for testing and preserve the original HDD.

 

[Prince Guerra]

Would I need to get another hard drive to clone it?

 

[Ralston18]

Yes.

And for the most part I recommend a SSD.

Faster, quieter, less power....

Create the clone, keep/maintain the original drive.

Boot using the cloned drive. Hopefully all will go well.

I have converted several computers to SSD via cloning HDD to SSD.

But always preserve the original HDD - just in case.....