Hard drive movement

[Ping player]

        I have a computer with a hard drive in it but I was currently givin a better computer with no hard drive is there any way that I could put my old hard drive into the new computer with out backing everything up or copying them to another device 

 

 

 

sorry if this is a noob question I am new to computer things........            

[NIANDGGER_MWOSGJ4]

just plug it into the psu and mobo.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, Ping player said:

        I have a computer with a hard drive in it but I was currently givin a better computer is there any way that I could switch the hard drive into the new computer and not have to copy everything on to another hard drive or something....

Files? Yes.

Windows installation? No. 

[Ping player]

2 minutes ago, Mr.Br1an.1204 said:

just plug it into the psu and mobo.

It still has all the drivers for everything else though at going to be a problem

[NIANDGGER_MWOSGJ4]

1 minute ago, Ping player said:

It still has all the drivers for everything else though at going to be a problem

well, you can just uninstall them and install the new ones.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, Ping player said:

It still has all the drivers for everything else though at going to be a problem

If you're just migrating a Windows installation by transferring HDDs, then it the system will not be reliable. Chances are it'll crash/blue screen the moment it tries to boot into Windows. 

[NIANDGGER_MWOSGJ4]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

If you're just migrating a Windows installation by transferring HDDs, then it the system will not be reliable. Chances are it'll crash/blue screen the moment it tries to boot into Windows. 

how? I do it all the time when I build new systems. Where did you get this information?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Br1an.1204 said:

how? I do it all the time when I build new systems. Where did you get this information?

From dealing with my own systems and cases of other members. 

[StarfleetCap]

2 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

From dealing with my own systems and cases of other members. 

I just got the 8700k and my old copy of windows boots up just like before (new mobo)

[AskTJ]

You can take the drive out and plug it into the new build, but there is a risk of voiding your Windows key validity. Best off to do a fresh install to have the drivers fully working.