[SOLVED] Placing harddrive in different computer

[ZuluGapurtu]

I had an hdd with Windows 7 OS. If I put this hard drive to boot the windows in an other PC with different spec can it cause harm? for example I got Nvidia driver for rtx 2080 installed there and I’m going to plug it into a computer with gtx 1060.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Shouldn't harm anything, but the chances of it being able to boot and function 100% properly is low.

 

[ZuluGapurtu]

What do you mean not function properly? Other than the gpu driver would say the driver not matching. I never installed any driver on the hard drive other than gpu driver, not even cpu chipset or something.

 

[MrLitschel]

Installing a windows 7 boot hard drive to another computer with different specs is like playing roulette. Depending on the different motherboard configuration, it may boot or may not. If it does boot, it usually will be plagued with BSODs or might just go into a continuous loop trying to repair the OS.

All windows versions (7, 8, 10 & 11) should always be reinstalled (clean boot) to guarantee functionality.

 

[faalin]

How close in specs are the two computers?

Typically if it intel to intel or amd to amd there is a better chance, but % gets worse the more that changes..... generation gap between cpu, chipsets, even moving from one brand motherboard to another.

normally moving window 7 from one computer to another goes.
20% everything will be ok.
40% it will boot but give you issues and after months you'll wish you would have done a new install.
40% you'll get a BSOD and need to reinstall.