im gonna built a new skylake pc should it work with my old WD blue 1t bootdrive Win7?

Zaka__123

Commendable
Sep 21, 2016
6
0
1,510
i sold my old pc without harddrive and my question is can i use my old WD blue harddrive with win 7 without problems for a first time built or are not? i heard something about updating windows update but im not sure. thanks in advance

i7 6700k
z170 Asrock extreme 4
Kingston hyperx 8gb 2400mhz
WD blue 1 tb
gigabyte gtx 970
cx600m

 
Solution


In that case if all you have is a hard drive, try backing up important stuff onto a laptop, otherwise just buy the new stuff, stuff the hard drive you have in the new PC and hope for the best :D

Should be absolutely fine :)

GameFreak01048

Honorable
Feb 17, 2016
694
1
11,360
Hello!

Yep should be fine, but you will have to make sure that you install the driver discs that will come with your motherboard and your graphics card :)

But there shouldn't be a problem at all, worst case scenario you'll just have to uninstall the old graphics drivers so that no driver conflicts happen :)
 
Hi there Zaka__123,

I would agree with Zerk2012.

As your Win was installed on a computer with completely different hardware, you can't really expect your new system to boot just fine.
Of course, you can try, but I believe you will get a BSOD or something.

It would be best to just back up your data and perform a clean OS installation.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD :)
 

GameFreak01048

Honorable
Feb 17, 2016
694
1
11,360


Hmm....possible yes, depends if another drive is available for backing up onto :)
 

Zaka__123

Commendable
Sep 21, 2016
6
0
1,510


but how should i do that?
 

Zaka__123

Commendable
Sep 21, 2016
6
0
1,510


so buying lets say a ssd should solve the problem? i dont want to lose my data i have important documents on it. thanks for helping me btw
 
You have Win CD right?
As GameFreak01048 suggested, you will need another drive (or a flash drive/cloud storage/etc). Attach an external drive to your computer, back up all the data that you need(pics, music, etc).
Perform a clean OS installation. Put all the data back on the drive. You will need to reinstall all the applications.

D_Know_WD :)
 

Zaka__123

Commendable
Sep 21, 2016
6
0
1,510


the problem is that i dont have the harddrive installed in a pc. i sold my pc without harddrive
 

GameFreak01048

Honorable
Feb 17, 2016
694
1
11,360


In that case if all you have is a hard drive, try backing up important stuff onto a laptop, otherwise just buy the new stuff, stuff the hard drive you have in the new PC and hope for the best :D

Should be absolutely fine :)
 
Solution

Zaka__123

Commendable
Sep 21, 2016
6
0
1,510


okay i shall try , thanks for helping out.