Bios changing

[Kichiro]

I bought a new motherboard and I want to put my old Hard drive in it. How would I put the new bios on it and remove the other?

[allthatremains94]

If i'm not mistaken, the BIOS is on the motherboard, not the hard drive. You'll just need to uninstall all of the older drivers that you no longer need and install the newest ones for your new mobo.

[killerx525]

The Bios is not stored on the hard drive, it is stored on a chip on the motherboard. So you don't really have anything to worry about. Just remember to reformat the hard drive and you will need to purchase a new copy of Windows.

[Kichiro]

Oh Awesome thank you both so much!

[allthatremains94]

The Bios is not stored on the hard drive' date=' it is stored on a chip on the motherboard. So you don't really have anything to worry about. Just remember to reformat the hard drive and you will need to purchase a new copy of Windows.[/quote']

I haven't really messed with moving the OS HDD much, but shouldn't it work fine without doing all of that, such as an ASrock Z77 to an Asus Z77?

[killerx525]

A lot of the time it would give you a error message when try to boot into windows.

[Whaler_99]

Lot of boards use very different chipsets, which will cause Windows to die on boot up. Similar boards, say with very similar intel chipset, may boot, but you probably still get a lot of errors. And need to rip out all the old drivers and re-install new ones for the new board. Something like Acronis with Universal Restore can help, but not always.

Easiest just to reinstall - just remember to backup your data first. :)