Switching from AMD to Intel.

[LordDorian402]

Hello I am going to be switching my computer from an AMD FX 8350 on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX to an Intel i5 4690K on an Asus Sabertooth z97 Mark 2. There are no reasons for switching that are relevant to this question so please no input about any comparison between the cpu's or any speculation about performance. I am using a retail version of windows 7 so no issues are expected while re-installing windows during this process.

I will be using Easeus ToDo Home backup for this procedure.

I was wondering if it would be possible to create a backup of the data on my HDD, switch the components, do a clean install of Windows 7, then download and install the Backup software and restore the data onto the new system. Also, if that is possible, will there be any issues or possible conflict from switching which hardware was installed when the backup was created to when it was restored.

Its either do that or I am going to copy and paste my entire C drive onto an external HDD and transfer everything over manually and slowly, installing then copying my old stuff over to the new system.

I have many games installed on my system and quite a few of them are modded (heavily). I of course have those all backed up but I am just trying to streamline the conversion process to make it as painless as possible.

 

[millwright]

You can't move games, or programs.
A clone won't work,because it is a completely new system.

Why dose everyone copy and past, that's not what that is for.

Highlight files or whole folders and drag and drop.

Copy My documents
and All your saved game folders
That's about it.

 

[millwright]

When you copy and paste you add 1 whole data copy operation.
2 copy operations instead of 1 with drag and drop.

 

[LordDorian402]

You can't move games, or programs.
A clone won't work,because it is a completely new system.

Why dose everyone copy and past, that's not what that is for.

Highlight files or whole folders and drag and drop.

Copy My documents
and All your saved game folders
That's about it.

When you copy and paste you add 1 whole data copy operation.
2 copy operations instead of 1 with drag and drop.

I am not planning on cloning my drive for a new system. I was going to Create a Backup using Easeus ToDo Backup and restore the image after I switch my CPU and Motherboard. All other components of the system will be the same, including the HDD.

Yes I know that it is a new system because of the different CPU and Motherboard using very different drivers from AMD, but you did not answer my question.

 

[millwright]

My point was you don't need backup software, drag and drop in reverse.

 

[Outlander_04]

Why use back up software at all ?

Just build the new computer with a new hard drive .

Once windows is installed and booting also connect the old drive with the data on it and copy and paste the contents of the document folders from one to the other across a SATA connection . FAST .

Things like browser and email backups would have to be saved to documents and then restored to a fresh installation of the same browser and email

 

[USAFRet]

When you copy and paste you add 1 whole data copy operation.
2 copy operations instead of 1 with drag and drop.

The OS sees those as exactly the same, and performs the same amount of work.

Drag n drop across drives = Copy/Paste.

 

[USAFRet]

Hello I am going to be switching my computer from an AMD FX 8350 on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX to an Intel i5 4690K on an Asus Sabertooth z97 Mark 2. There are no reasons for switching that are relevant to this question so please no input about any comparison between the cpu's or any speculation about performance. I am using a retail version of windows 7 so no issues are expected while re-installing windows during this process.

I will be using Easeus ToDo Home backup for this procedure.

I was wondering if it would be possible to create a backup of the data on my HDD, switch the components, do a clean install of Windows 7, then download and install the Backup software and restore the data onto the new system. Also, if that is possible, will there be any issues or possible conflict from switching which hardware was installed when the backup was created to when it was restored.

Its either do that or I am going to copy and paste my entire C drive onto an external HDD and transfer everything over manually and slowly, installing then copying my old stuff over to the new system.

I have many games installed on my system and quite a few of them are modded (heavily). I of course have those all backed up but I am just trying to streamline the conversion process to make it as painless as possible.

Copying your entire C drive will lead to permissions issues when you try to access the data.
Whatever lives in /User/ is tied to that original User account. Even if you give it the same name. NTFS does not care about names.

Save that data outside the /User/ space. The files, not the folder 'Documents', etc. Then you can access those files no problem.

 

[millwright]

OK, I see it doesn't do that anymore.
It used to copy it to the clipboard or clip book.
I guess I have never used it for that since 3.1

 

[USAFRet]

OK, I see it doesn't do that anymore.
It used to copy it to the clipboard or clip book.
I guess I have never used it for that since 3.1

Yes, things have changed sine Win 3.1.

 

[LordDorian402]

thanks for the input I have decided I am just going to copy all of the important data that I will need onto external and transfer over to the new build.