Question Can i keep all of my drives the same, to use in a new pc.

[Pc_Noob123]

I have had my pc for 2 years now, and i am building a pc with a i7 8700k, asus prime z270 motherboard, corsair vengeance ram, and a 1080ti. i want to know if it is possible to just build the system and just use all of my old drives without wiping them or deleting anything. i dont want to delete my os or start again because it is 4 tb hard rive and has a lot of data on it.
if this is possible please let me know as soon as possible.

 

[prince_xaine]

It's possible. If you are using Windows 10 it should just transfer everything seamlessly.

 

[SkyNetRising]

OS will need to be reinstalled (preferably on a new SSD).
But old drives can be connected as secondary storage and you can access data from them.

 

[Pc_Noob123]

OS will need to be reinstalled (preferably on a new SSD).
But old drives can be connected as secondary storage and you can access data from them.

so i am going to have to select the data i want transfers that onto another hard drive and then wipe the os drive and reinstall,
so if i do that then build the computer, then install windows with only my new drive i can plug in all of my other drives afterwards and my data will be fine. ?

 

[Wolfshadw]

i am building a pc with a i7 8700k, asus prime z270 motherboard,

I'm hoping this is a typo as these two are not compatible. You need a motherboard with the 300 series chipset in order to use an 8th generation Intel processor.

-Wolf sends

 

[Wolfshadw]

so i am going to have to select the data i want transfers that onto another hard drive and then wipe the os drive and reinstall,
so if i do that then build the computer, then install windows with only my new drive i can plug in all of my other drives afterwards and my data will be fine. ?

If it's strictly data on the old drives, then it will be fine. If you installed applications onto the secondary (non-OS) drive, those programs will need to be reinstalled once the OS is installed on the new drive.

-Wolf sends

 

[prince_xaine]

OS will need to be reinstalled (preferably on a new SSD).
But old drives can be connected as secondary storage and you can access data from them.

Windows 10 does not need to be reinstalled. Windows 10 automatically installs new drivers upon switching your drive to a new computer.