Motherboard swap

[AndreiNotMe]

Im upgrading from intel core 2 quad to core i5

 

My old computers motherboard broke down and now i want to upgrade my cpu and motherboard i will replace my old motherboard with a diffent one but i want to keep my old drives 

 

Is it possible for me to keep my old files and os but with a different motherboard?

 

Can i boot after installing the new drivers for the new motherboard?

 

Or will my old drivers from my previous pc cause problems?

[Bombastinator]

From a core2quad?  That’s a pretty old computer.  Could be running 98.  What OS?  As for the HDDs they won’t care if they’re sata.  If they’re ide though finding a motherboard that will even talk to them is problematic.  

[AndreiNotMe]

31 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

From a core2quad?  That’s a pretty old computer.  Could be running 98.  What OS?  As for the HDDs they won’t care if they’re sata.  If they’re ide though finding a motherboard that will even talk to them is problematic.  

I've upgraded from windows 7 pre installed to windows 10 and running with an ssd

[Bombastinator]

47 minutes ago, AndreiNotMe said:

I've upgraded from windows 7 pre installed to windows 10 and running with an ssd

So, not old system and not HDDs keeping your old software can be made to work I think. It’s effectively a well done drive clone since you’re not actually cloning, but actually using the same drive.  Your user files should be backed up of course, but I don’t specifically foresee a problem.  Doesn’t mean they won’t happen.  Win10 may need some stuff, and there have been issues getting SSDs to be recognized under win10 at various points.  Microsoft has done a lot of builds of win10 and depending on which one you have there could be issues with that.  The best move is going to be back up your files and format and clean install with the new motherboard.  It’s just better.  You could be able to still do it though.