Ive been wanting to upgrade my cpu for a while to go from my current 6800k apu to an AMD FX 8350 and obviously i would need a new mobo to fit the different socket type and with more PCI-e slots for SLI graphics cards in the future maybe. Anyways, i know that usually after you switch mobos, you will have to reinstall windows and youll lose programs. So i thought all you would do is just do a standard backup to an external hard drive, but people told me that if i restore from a backup after reinstalling widnows, my programs wont be there still. Is that true? So after some more research lately i found that you can do a system image and recover from that to keep programs and settings, and i want to know if that would work. Basically i want to upgrade to a different CPU and mobo, and keep all my current programs and settings and have it be completely the same afterwards. How can i achieve this?
I hear that Windows 8 is better about new hardware and that you dont need to reinstall windows after replacing the mobo, is that true? But of course every experience is different and rumors are everywhere.
Anyways, would that system image thing work to achieve my goal and if so, how would i do it? Also, what about just backing up my current system to an external hard drive and restoring from that backup after if i have to reinstall windows?
Any feedback and help is hugely appreciated. Thanks!
P.S. i would be keeping my current internal Hard Drive and will always be working off that one
I hear that Windows 8 is better about new hardware and that you dont need to reinstall windows after replacing the mobo, is that true? But of course every experience is different and rumors are everywhere.
Anyways, would that system image thing work to achieve my goal and if so, how would i do it? Also, what about just backing up my current system to an external hard drive and restoring from that backup after if i have to reinstall windows?
Any feedback and help is hugely appreciated. Thanks!
P.S. i would be keeping my current internal Hard Drive and will always be working off that one