Switching motherboards help

[Dudealmighty]

I will be changing my mobo and swapping from an FX-8370 to an I7-7700k. I need help with preparing the swap.

What exactly do I do to prepare my old motherboard and harddrive for the swap?

Do I uninstall windows and all my drivers completely? Wipe the drive clean?

 

[jay32267]

If it were me I would get everything off the old HD I needed. Then I would uninstall the old MB....install the new one...and the old HD.....do a clean install of Windows....but just before that....from the Windows install disk/USB stick I would partition and format the drive first as it allows you to do.