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[Allen24]

Hi everyone, first of all, I am planning to buy a new computer components but I still want to use my hard disk drive because of the OS I am using, will it still work if I change everything(processor, MoBo, Memory, video card)?

I have an idea about this but I would want a validation from a lot of people so I can be sure if I can do this or not.

 

Thank You everyone.

[Godlygamer23]

What OS are you currently using?

[Oshino Shinobu]

This is assuming you're using Windows:

Basically, yes and basically, no. You can change CPUs, GPUs, RAM and so on just fine most of the time, but changing board (particularly if you're changing chipset, and even more so if you're changing platform) can be hit and miss. I've changed boards where the OS works fine after, as well as some that just refuse to boot into Windows. 

In general, as you're going to be changing everything, I would advise backing up any data that's important, then doing a clean OS install. Even if the current OS did work, there's often bugs and driver conflicts with a new board. 

[Allen24]

I am using windows 10. and there are a lot of important stuffs in that hard drive. I'm planning to try this because I want to migrate from LGA 775 to LGA1150 for a less cost.

 

Thanks for the reply guys.

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, Allen24 said:

I am using windows 10. and there are a lot of important stuffs in that hard drive. I'm planning to try this because I want to migrate from LGA 775 to LGA1150 for a less cost.

 

Thanks for the reply guys.

You will need to call Microsoft to reset your hardware ID I think.

[Naeaes]

24 minutes ago, Allen24 said:

I am using windows 10. and there are a lot of important stuffs in that hard drive. I'm planning to try this because I want to migrate from LGA 775 to LGA1150 for a less cost.

 

Thanks for the reply guys.

This is never going to happen, IMO. Why do you even want to keep the old OS? At best, it'll be paralyzed and likely quite unstable. Why would you do that to yourself? Isn't it easy as pie to backup your data?

Like @Oshino Shinobu said, it's somewhat doable if you keep the chipset (and with that, the architecture of the chipset and CPU). Basically you remove the old drivers before doing it and install the new ones after it hoping the best all along. But what you're planning will change the entire architecture several generations and there'll be technologies that were unheard of at the Intel Core2 era. Stuff like, what's built into the CPU and What's in the chipset. Back then there used to be a part of chipset called southbridge which doesn't even exist any more. I'd be amazed if you were able to pull this off.