Two hdd with two different OS

[joey151]

Hey so,i'm building a new rig mainly for gaming,planning on getting win 10 on my future HDD,now i already got a pc with my files etc in,it runs on win7 64 bits

Question is since i have no patience to redownloaded ALL of my files,can i run the two HDD together,transfer my files to the new one without any problems?

Ps: it's kind of an old hdd,like REALLY old (almost 7 years now) i rly just want to transfer my games from it and that's pretty much it,ditching it after that

[Fasauceome]

You can make a windows 10 install on a new drive, plug the old hard drive in, then transfer all your files without a problem.

[buzzinkeegs]

3 minutes ago, joey151 said:

Hey so,i'm building a new rig mainly for gaming,planning on getting win 10 on my future HDD,now i already got a pc with my files etc in,it runs on win7 64 bits

Question is since i have no patience to redownloaded ALL of my files,can i run the two HDD together,transfer my files to the new one without any problems?

Ps: it's kind of an old hdd,like REALLY old (almost 7 years now) i rly just want to transfer my games from it and that's pretty much it,ditching it after that

yes or just boot between them both if u like i have 3 o.s's running on mine windows 8 , 10 and pop os and can transfeer between both windows os but pop is encryped unless i boot it

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, buzzinkeegs said:

yes or just boot between them both if u like i have 3 o.s's running on mine windows 8 , 10 and pop os and can transfeer between both windows os but pop is encryped unless i boot it

Depending on what motherboard OP is using, it might reject the preexisting windows installation.

[joey151]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Depending on what motherboard OP is using, it might reject the preexisting windows installation.

It's gonna be an Asrock b450m HDV

[Fasauceome]

Just now, joey151 said:

It's gonna be an Asrock b450m HDV

Booting to windows 7 might not work at all, B450 doesn't officially support it due to lack of native USB drivers. Pulling files from it should be unaffected.

[joey151]

5 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Booting to windows 7 might not work at all, B450 doesn't officially support it due to lack of native USB drivers. Pulling files from it should be unaffected.

So if i got it right,i can plug them in both,boot from win 10 transfer what i need from the old one and call it a day? Awesome lol

[buzzinkeegs]

25 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Booting to windows 7 might not work at all, B450 doesn't officially support it due to lack of native USB drivers. Pulling files from it should be unaffected.

there a usb patcher in support for that board could transfer files then reinstalll win 7 using patcher or it has ps2 suport to add the drivers after

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, buzzinkeegs said:

there a usb patcher in support for that board could transfer files then reinstalll win 7 using patcher or it has ps2 suport to add the drivers after

Depending on the state of the Windows 10 upgrade feature for windows 7 installs, I'd be inclined to make the current installation of windows 7 into a windows 10 one to keep all programs and settings, then clone that to the new drive with something like EaseUS. More convenient, but would achieve a similar result.