Hello! I plan to save up starting now to buy an entirely new PC at the end of the next year.
However, I want to continue using my current HDD with the new PC. (At least just so that I can use softwares to clone all my data and bootdrive onto the new SSD)
And my biggest fear is that I'd have to format the boot drive and re-install Windows. (Activated Windows 10 Pro)
Although I have seen threads on this forum which confirmed that I may not need to re-install windows, my current PC is pretty old, and I'm afriad that the differences will be too big and it wouldn't works.
Most importantly, my vendor said that it might not works since the chipset is too different.
So I would really appreciate it if you could, again, assist me by confirming whether I will need to do a fresh install or not.
My current spec is:
Windows 10 Pro (Activated)
Mobo: GIGABYTE Z86A-D3-B3
CPU: Corei7-2600
My planned spec:
Mobo: GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x
Thank you in advance for the answers.
However, I want to continue using my current HDD with the new PC. (At least just so that I can use softwares to clone all my data and bootdrive onto the new SSD)
And my biggest fear is that I'd have to format the boot drive and re-install Windows. (Activated Windows 10 Pro)
Although I have seen threads on this forum which confirmed that I may not need to re-install windows, my current PC is pretty old, and I'm afriad that the differences will be too big and it wouldn't works.
Most importantly, my vendor said that it might not works since the chipset is too different.
So I would really appreciate it if you could, again, assist me by confirming whether I will need to do a fresh install or not.
My current spec is:
Windows 10 Pro (Activated)
Mobo: GIGABYTE Z86A-D3-B3
CPU: Corei7-2600
My planned spec:
Mobo: GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600x
Thank you in advance for the answers.