Hard drive transfer?

[davidliu2117]

Hey guys, I've bought parts to upgrade my current PC. I have a lot of things on my current hard drive and I plan to take it out of my current rig and plug it in to my new rig. I do not know if this is possible or not. Thanks for helping!

[1Reshiram12]

Yes it is, you just take it out of your current rig and plug it into your new one assuming it's a sata drive.

[davidliu2117]

10 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

Yes it is, you just take it out of your current rig and plug it into your new one assuming it's a sata drive.

thank you!

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

13 minutes ago, davidliu2117 said:

Hey guys, I've bought parts to upgrade my current PC. I have a lot of things on my current hard drive and I plan to take it out of my current rig and plug it in to my new rig. I do not know if this is possible or not. Thanks for helping!

Just don't expect Windows to boot up perfectly without any issues. You'll most likely need to format and reinstall Windows. If you're just going to use your current HDD as storage, then it'll be fine. 

[davidliu2117]

29 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Just don't expect Windows to boot up perfectly without any issues. You'll most likely need to format and reinstall Windows. If you're just going to use your current HDD as storage, then it'll be fine. 

I see... so this will happen if I have windows installed on this hard drive? Sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable in this type of stuff :p. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, davidliu2117 said:

I see... so this will happen if I have windows installed on this hard drive? Sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable in this type of stuff :p. 

Just make sure the system doesn't boot off of that particular drive. If it does try to boot onto that drive, it'll probably just blue screen and restart, no big deal. 

[davidliu2117]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Just make sure the system doesn't boot off of that particular drive. If it does try to boot onto that drive, it'll probably just blue screen and restart, no big deal. 

Oh, I see. Thank you!

[davidliu2117]

1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Just make sure the system doesn't boot off of that particular drive. If it does try to boot onto that drive, it'll probably just blue screen and restart, no big deal. 

I actually just want to clarify, will I lose all the data on my hard drive if I do this?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

52 minutes ago, davidliu2117 said:

I actually just want to clarify, will I lose all the data on my hard drive if I do this?

You won't loose any data if you try to boot off of it.

[davidliu2117]

56 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You won't loose any data if you try to boot off of it.

I see. So if I moved this hard drive into my new system I will not lose my files? 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

11 hours ago, davidliu2117 said:

I see. So if I moved this hard drive into my new system I will not lose my files? 

As long as you don't format it, you won't loose any files.