Need help formating hard drive.

[Colecvv]

 Hey,

 

I'm upgrading to Ryzen from Intel (with a new motherboard). It seems I have to format it; but, I only have one solid state drive which my Windows is installed on. How do I progress from here? 

 

Thanks in advance.

[RollinLower]

don't format anything, and just plug the SSD into your new motherboard and watch it boot.

 

i went from Intel Z97, to Intel X79 to AMD X399 all without reinstalling windows once.

[Colecvv]

7 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

don't format anything, and just plug the SSD into your new motherboard and watch it boot.

 

i went from Intel Z97, to Intel X79 to AMD X399 all without reinstalling windows once.

Are you sure? I've seen videos online where the performance was hindered before a fresh reboot. 

[RollinLower]

1 minute ago, Colecvv said:

Are you sure? I've seen videos online where the performance was hindered before a fresh reboot. 

i've never had performance issues between these systems. all works perfectly fine

[APasz]

Sometimes it works without a flaw. Sometimes it completely screws up.

[Manderis]

You need to turn on AHCI support in the windows registry if you didn't already. But if you installed Windows on the SSD there should not be a problem.

[Colecvv]

Just now, RollinLower said:

i've never had performance issues between these systems. all works perfectly fine

Ok, much appreciated. If I were to go the "safer" route would it be hard to do? 

[Wufflez]

1 minute ago, Colecvv said:

Are you sure? I've seen videos online where the performance was hindered before a fresh reboot. 

It isn't necessary to reformat. I haven't heard about any performance hindrance, I've switched CPUs, Graphics Cards, Motherboards, etc on the same HDD with no performance loss. You can, however, remove any and all drivers for the Intel CPU when you upgrade to Ryzen 

[Colecvv]

Just now, Wufflez said:

It isn't necessary to reformat. I haven't heard about any performance hindrance, I've switched CPUs, Graphics Cards, Motherboards, etc on the same HDD with no performance loss. You can, however, remove any and all drivers for the Intel CPU when you upgrade to Ryzen 

Thanks! That would be done after correct?

[Manderis]

Just now, Colecvv said:

Ok, much appreciated. If I were to go the "safer" route would it be hard to do? 

Right click the drive, go in settings or options or whatever and chose formating (fast or not) and wait

[Colecvv]

Just now, Manderis said:

Right click the drive, go in settings or options or whatever and chose formating (fast or not) and wait

Sadly I can't since that is my C drive, that's why I was confused. 

[Manderis]

My bad  Would be funny if you could format you system drive mid run. Everything load into RAM would still work but a soon as you click on something it crashes

[Manderis]

The other way to format any drive is inside the windows installation process when you boot from your usb device

[Wufflez]

16 minutes ago, Colecvv said:

Thanks! That would be done after correct?

Yup, that'd be after you change out the parts and boot up. Everything will behave normally, assuming you don't have any DOAs. After that you can remove any old drivers you don't need any more. If you do, for some unlikely reason, run into a problem and you do decide to reformat. Backup your data obviously and use the Windows 10 media creation tool, go through the settings and check Remove Everything. It'll reformat the drive for you and start a clean windows install.

[TetraSky]

1 hour ago, Colecvv said:

Sadly I can't since that is my C drive, that's why I was confused. 

It can be done during windows install as well.

Some recommend formatting to get a fresh start and eliminate any possibilities of the OS being at fault when trying to troubleshoot a new build, but like others have said it's not absolutely necessary to format.

[Colecvv]

22 hours ago, TetraSky said:

It can be done during windows install as well.

Some recommend formatting to get a fresh start and eliminate any possibilities of the OS being at fault when trying to troubleshoot a new build, but like others have said it's not absolutely necessary to format.

Hey I took your advice and didn't do anything.  Worked out perfect, here is the final result! (Sorry for the poor image quality)