Moving hard drive to new pc following motherboard failure.

[Pikey316]

Hi,

My PC recently died & I'm pretty sure it is a motherboard problem as turning it on results in only fanswer turning and nothing else.
The machine was about 6 years old so could probably do with a new system anyway.
Problem is moving my old hard drive to the new machine.
Do I get a new PC with Windows 10 & put the old Hdd into it? If so, how do I go about removing the OS (windows 10) from it without losing data?
Or do I get a new PC without an OS and try to run it from my current HDD? I understand this could have activation issues.
Further info:
Current OS is Windows 10 upgraded from a windows 7 Tech-net download.

 

[alexoiu]

Hi,
My suggestion: freshly install Windows on a SSD, connect the HDD, move all needed data from C: and then format the partition.

 

[Pikey316]

Ok. So no need to worry about any conflict between the 2 versions on windows (old drive and new drive)?

 

[alexoiu]

No, you'd set in BIOS the new storage drive as the 1st boot device.

 

[Pikey316]

Excellent. Thank you.

 

[alexoiu]

You're welcome.