Old Pc (with os) Harddrive on New Pc

[Prashant_2317]

Hello

I Have Old Pc which is Now dead But Hard drive ,Cpu, AndRam is Good. But Mobo dead

So I've Installed Win 10 on That Old pc (160 Gb WESTERN DIGITAL SATA HDD)

Now I'm Buying a New Pc parts
1. Mobo : Asus Strix Z270f

2. RAM : Corsair 8x1 Gb DDR4
2400Mhz

3. CPU : INTEL i5 7600k

4. PSU : Corsair VS550

5. Case : Corsair Spec01

6. GPU : (will get after few Months Later) ASUS STRIX GTX 1070

7.HDD : 1TB WD GREEN HDD( I DONT WANT TO USE THIS AS A Boot drive because its have so many data)

So main Topic is I want to Use my Old Pc harddrive on a New pc Without Formatting the OTHER PARTITION. I just Want to Format the C DRIVE FROM old PC HDD . How can i Do that? Or Can I Install Old Hdd on New Pc.

I have very Tight Budget that I cant affrod New Fresh HDD . I just want to Use Old Hdd for BOOT DRIVE ON New pc

OLD HDD CONTAINS 4 partition

C: , D: , E: , G: .


Thanks in Advance.

 

[Thomas Armstrong]

Install your OS first without having the hard drive with the data plugged in.

After installing your OS, do proceed to plug in your old hard drive into your system and be sure to select the "160 Gb WESTERN DIGITAL SATA HDD" that you have installed windows as your boot drive.

After booting in, you can use the Windows Disk Manager to configure that existing drive. If the Windows Disk Manager is hard to use, you might want to consider third party software. To name a few, Easeus partition master & MiniTool Partition Free. Both provide free versions.

 

[Prashant_2317]

Thomas Armstrong

I Have to Use The Old hdd as Boot drive . I dont have separate Hdd to install OS. I just only want to Use Old hdd as Os drive. And that drive have 4 Partition and I want to Format the C DRIVE TO INSTALL NEW fresh Copy of Win 10 for my new pc. You Getting what i m Trying to say?

 

[Thomas Armstrong]

I suppose it is possible. In the windows setup, you are able to select custom setup then from there you can choose which drive or partition you want to install windows on.

Run the setup using a disk or usb, and when you come to the point where it asks for Upgrade or Custom, select custom. From there you should be able to select the pre-existing C partition.