Reimaging, getting new CPU and Mobo

[Naphat]

Hi guys
I'm getting a new MOBO and CPU while using my old hard drive. I'm intending to completely reinstall my win 7 (getting rid of all my data) and would like to ask a few questions about how to do it.

1. So do I reimage my PC before install the MOBO and CPU?
2. If I'm supposed to install Mobo and CPU first. Will my PC turn on too fast for me to put the window installation CD in? If it did happen, will it break my new mobo etc? (old mobo driver etc)
3. What does it means by removed the partition manually? (I only one drive C).

 

[WyomingKnott]

what do you mean by "reimage?" "Image" usually means save a copy. You've stated that you're not going to. So, no?
Are you sure that you want to get rid of all your data? Documents, pictures, video, games, shopping lists from 1007?
No and no. Actually, you put the DVD in the drive before applying power, and the motherboard will (if configured to do so) boot from the DVD. Even if it does try to boot from the old hard drive, it won't damage the hardware.
What does what mean by that? Without any context, it seems to refer to using some utility to wipe your drive in advance of the Windows 7 install.

7 is fairly old; why are you re-installing it? Do you have an old machine that you built with a full retail version of Windows 7 back in the day?

 

[Naphat]

By reimaging I mean completely reinstall the window. Would you recommend me reinstalling my window first then insert the new mobo and cpu, or change the cpu and mobo first then install a new window?

(My hard drive is full of some old programs and old driver etc..., the only important documents I have are my university works which I already stored in external storage).

I'm using window 7 because personally I like its interface more than win 8.1(on my laptop) and win 10(on my oversea desktop) My machine is roughly 3 years old. I upgraded the GPU to GTX970 last year, but due to some technical problem with my mobo, I ended up having to change the CPU and Mobo. I'm going to get I7 4790 and MSI Z97 gaming 5.

 

[WyomingKnott]

Always change the motherboard and CPU first and then install Windows. I usually recommend getting a new hard drive and installing Windows with that drive being the only hard drive in the system. Then add in your old disk as a data disk. But you wrote that you saved everything that you actually need on an external drive, so you could wipe the existing drive and install Windows on it. It's a leap of faith; one day you may find that you needed another file.

Keep in mind that you will have to re-install any software that you want to use, and that may mean finding the discs. You can also port the OS from the old hardware to the new with a tool like Acronis True Image, but this will retain all of the old programs and drivers!

Any CPU / mobo experts out there know if that board or CPU already has the gizmo to prevent any Windows version other than 10? I forget where I read (well, on TH, but I can't find it) that processors beyond a certain point would not support the older OSes, which will reduce maintenance for Microsoft and vendors, and keep Intel from having to support obsoleted feature support.