Drivers and windows installation transfer.

[coboltjet]

some of you may find this question and the reason for it quite stupid, but screw it i need to know the answer.


so recently i bought a new motherboard and CPU to upgrade from what i have.
Current Setup:
CPU: AMd FX 6100
GPU Radeon Hd 6870
RAM: 8GB 2x 4GB kingston 1333Mhz RAM
HDD: 2x Seagate 500GB barracuda Sata 3
PSU: Storm 600W bronze 80+
Motherboard: ASRock N68 VS3-FX
OS: windows 7 home Premium 64Bit

what im upgradng the the motherboard and CPU to a

CPU: AMD FX 8350
Motherboard: ASUS M5 A97 R2.0

What my issue is i stupidly forgot to check if my optical drive is compatible with the new Motherboard, which it is not.

So i was wondering as i have 2 Hard drives.

Can i fully format 1 of them then can i use my current rig to install windows 7 Home premium 64bit and the Drivers installation disk for the motherboard on the second HDD then swap out the motherboard and CPU place the newly installed drivers and OS as my Primary HDD then boot up my Pc and use as normal?

 

[TheMaudDib]

Your saying your Hard drive isn't compatible or your CD drive?

 

[coboltjet]

my CD drive. is not compatible, due to it being IDE and not SATA.

New motherboard does not have an IDE port.

 

[TheMaudDib]

ah i see, well, i would recommend this: i would sysprep the system in its current setup, install whatever upgrades, then boot the pc, run through the setup, then your good to go, you'll have to re-activate windows, which shouldnt be a problem, you may have to do a phone activation, or talk to a rep if that doesnt work, either way you'll get it activated

If your not fammiliar with sysprep let me know

 

[coboltjet]

no i am not. however i just managed to grab a friends Cd drive thats compatable with my motherboard. reactivating windows is no issue i have a full copy of windows 7 64bit home premium on disc so yeah 😀.

Atleast i know it IS possible to do what i asked, so incase this issue comes up for any1 i know in future

 

[TheMaudDib]

No problem at all! definitely keep sysprep in mind, its the best way to move OS's programs and data across hardware with the least ammount of issues

Glad everything worked out