I need help

[Mustardgamer21]

Hello, I built a new PC and only have one hard drive my motherboards manual says its recommended i have 2(B450 AORUS elite) SATA devices. I have one but I also have another different year, different company, and different type and it would come from a pre-built Dell intel PC, so can I use that one? It has a lot of documents and we English teachers need it. All. Could I take it out (backed up first) put it in to the new pc and run it? Would it work? How would it work? Its windows Vista to be exact. I need this to work as soon as possible because of distance learning. I am working on a cheap school district laptop right now

Would it start windows Vista and u would just need to update it or what? 

Thanks,

[Guest]

You can use just one, it will be fine. 

[Shiv78]

Yeah, that's total BS. One drive is just fine.

[SpookyCitrus]

No, you do not need to have two drives hooked up, I don't know why the motherboard recommends that maybe they are referring to using a boot and storage drive? But it is not absolutely necessary. However, Ryzen isn't compatible with Windows Vista, you would need to upgrade the Windows Vista to Windows 10 on the computer it was originally in first then install it in the new computer. Once you get the Vista install upgraded to 10 it should work by just plugging it into the new build and making sure legacy is enabled. I would highly recommend doing a fresh install of Windows 10 and then transferring the files and documents you need over to it over upgrading the Vista install.

 

If the old PC that the Vista drive was in still works, hook it back up and download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to it. Run it and go through the upgrade steps. Once upgraded it will work with Ryzen as long as legacy is enabled in bios. But Ryzen itself does not support Vista so it will not work with the drive still running Windows Vista, it may try to boot but will not actually go into Windows.

[Mustardgamer21]

 

Thanks,

[SpookyCitrus]

Just now, Mustardgamer21 said:

could I use the old hard and just plug it in and run windows Vista and upgrade it?

Thanks,

No, Ryzen does not support Vista, it will not boot. You will need to hook the Vista drive back up to the computer it came out of or a computer that supports Vista and upgrade it to Windows 10 before installing it in the new system.

 

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[homeap5]

Vista should boot without problem, just try. If you have ps2 mouse and/or keyboard, you'll be able to install missing drivers.

 

That two drives, however, may be in raid on your old computer, so it may not work as easy as others said. Hard to be 100% sure.