Question New motherboard old SSD

[asdf12]

Hello,

I'm upgrading my CPU which required a new motherboard and RAM. I understand you cannot install an old hard drive on a new motherboard because of the old drivers and what not. But my question then is how do I go about formatting my drive WITH my operating system on it so I can use it blank for the new motherboard? I have two other hard drives (HDD and SSD) but I would like to avoid formatting those since one is for files and the other has my games on it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Have a nice day everyone.

 

[USAFRet]

Clean install, with the drive in the new system.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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Also, assuming Windows 10...
For the OS activation, read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/windows-build-1607-and-activation.2786960/

 

[asdf12]

Clean install, with the drive in the new system.

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

forums.tomshardware.com

Also, assuming Windows 10...
For the OS activation, read and do this before you change any parts:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/windows-build-1607-and-activation.2786960/

Awesome, thank you!