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Also when you install Windows disconnect all other drives. This will keep your data safe and Windows wont be tempted to stick the boot sector on another drive

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Hey guys I'm new to the forum, but I have a question that I'd be grateful for an answer. I'm upgrading my motherboard and my CPU so I pretty much need to do a fresh windows install on my main drive (SSD). Now the thing is I have two secondary Hard Drives that are pretty much for games and recordings. Do I need to format those two drives before I set them up in my upgraded rig?

CPU: Core i7-3770  MB: GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3H  RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333Mhz  Graphics: Sapphire Dual-X R9-280X (3GB)  Case: Rosewill Challenger  Storage: 240GB Kingston Hyper-X SSD / 480GB Mushkin Striker SSD / 500GB Seagate HDD / 2TB Seagate HDD  PSU: Antec HCP-750W Platinum  Keyboard: Tt eSPORTS POSEIDON Z  Mouse: Logitech MX 518                OS: Windows 7 64-bit

 

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No, but when you want to play your games you will have to install steam/origin again and point them to those drives,

 

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No, but when you want to play your games you will have to install steam/origin again and point them to those drives,

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CPU: i7-9700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Elite | RAM: 16GB's Team T-Force Vulcan 3000MHz | GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition  | Storage: 500GB WD Caviar Blue | 1TB WD Caviar Black | Crucial BX200 240GB SSD | OS: Windows 10 64-bit  | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold | CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 | Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 598 Special Edition's, HD 598 Cs | Keyboard: CM Storm QuickFire XT MX Blues | Monitors: Acer GN246HL 144Hz, Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro.

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Also when you install Windows disconnect all other drives. This will keep your data safe and Windows wont be tempted to stick the boot sector on another drive

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses!

CPU: Core i7-3770  MB: GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3H  RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333Mhz  Graphics: Sapphire Dual-X R9-280X (3GB)  Case: Rosewill Challenger  Storage: 240GB Kingston Hyper-X SSD / 480GB Mushkin Striker SSD / 500GB Seagate HDD / 2TB Seagate HDD  PSU: Antec HCP-750W Platinum  Keyboard: Tt eSPORTS POSEIDON Z  Mouse: Logitech MX 518                OS: Windows 7 64-bit

 

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses!

Glad we could help!

Mark the topic as solved so others don't waste time opening a solved topic please :)

 

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VALIDATION, MSI Z97 Gaming 7, 24GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix 1070 8GB OC@ 2.2Ghz, Corsair graphite series 760T (Black), Cooler master V850, NH-D15 w/LNA ,1TB Samsung 850 Evo,  480GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD, 3TB Seagate Barracuda x 3, 1 TB WD Passport (Backup drive), 2 TB WD Passport (Backup Drive 2),  Windows 10 Pro x64 (uhg), Logitech G900 Chaos (Main), Steelseries Rival (FADE) (Courtesy of Edzel Yago, Thanks Ed), Steelsieres Rival 300 Hyperbeast Special Edition, Coolermaster Quickfire TKL (MX Blue), Razer Blackwidow Tournament edition (Greens).  Audio: Sennheiser HD598 SE, Edifier S1000DB, AudioEngine D1 DAC; Yamaha MG06X Mixer & AudioTechnica AT2020.

 

Phones; Daily drivers: Nexus 6P 64GB/iPhone 6 (Music), Apple Watch, Apple AirPods.

Laptop: 2015 Macbook Pro 13, 8GB of RAM, 2.7Ghz i5, 240GB Apple SSD. 

 

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Plex Server: i7 3770, Gigabyte Board, 16GB DDR3 1600, Asus Strix GTX 1050ti 4GB, 120GB SSD Boot Drive, 8 x 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill RSV-R4000 With 2 Rosewill Hot Swap 4x Backplane Bays, 1050 Watt Corsair HX Series PSU,Hyper T2, Windows 10 Pro 

 

I also do Youtube, check me out!

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