Upgrading PC (reusing HDD)

[avto]

Hi tomorrow i will be upgrading my pc (CPU,Ram and mobo) so i will need to install new windows i am switching from win7 to win8 but i have a few questions.

 

currently i have my win7 on old samsung 750gb hdd and on the 2nd hdd which is WD black 1tb i have video files, pictures, music.... so how can i install win8 on my WD black. will this work or am i missing a step.

 

i will transfer all files from wd black to samsung hdd and then i will install win8 to wd black and after that when i will be using win8 i will transfer files from samsung hdd to wd black.

 

if i left win7 on my samsung hdd will it maybe interfere with with win8. can i leave files on wd black and install win8 on it

 

[DevilishBooster]

No, leaving Win 7 on the Samsung should not create an issue. The document/pictures/etc are not determined by the OS, but by the program used to create them. As long as you are going to be using the same program to access the files on Win 8 (ex: Microsoft Word) then you should have no problems.

Unless you have an extra computer with a couple external SATA connections that you can use to transfer the files without having Win 7 actively running on the Samsung drive, you don't really have a choice but to transfer the files to the Samsung drive while using the Win 7 and then move them over to the Win 8 drive after you have your new OS set up on the WD Black. I would recommend backing up all your files to an external HDD before changing OS just to make sure that you have an extra copy in case the process goes tits up.