Noobish Question

[Craiger1987]

So, effectively I’m making a new build, I’ll be migrating over my RAM, SSD and GPU to the new build but it’s a new case, Mobo, PSU, CPU, Cooler etc. the one thing about this build that is the only thing I haven’t done before, and didn’t really consider, is that I’m moving my boot drive and everything from a Intel based system to an AME Ryzen based system. Can I just slap my boot dive into the new build and have it all auto detect and make the proper changes drivers wise or am I gonna have problems? Currently the boot drive is the only drive (a Samsung SSD) so the OS isn’t separate from everything else I have. 

[bleedblue]

You could do that. But it'd be better to just do a clean install of windows to avoid problems, you can still keep all your files anyway.

[Craiger1987]

Okay, I’ve not had to do that before (everything I’ve ever built had been Intel based to a simple transition always worked) but I assume I just make a bootable thumbdrive, take the product code from my old case and then install from that and it’ll proceed but retain all my stuff otherwise?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Craiger1987 said:

Okay, I’ve not had to do that before (everything I’ve ever built had been Intel based to a simple transition always worked) but I assume I just make a bootable thumbdrive, take the product code from my old case and then install from that and it’ll proceed but retain all my stuff otherwise?

yep it will wipe the drive you install onto. Id unplug all other drives.

[Craiger1987]

Mmkay, the drive it’ll install into is also the only drive, I don’t have the OS separate. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Craiger1987 said:

Mmkay, the drive it’ll install into is also the only drive, I don’t have the OS separate. 

Then it will wipe the data. Id just reinstall and then restore backups.

[Craiger1987]

Gotcha, I’ll be sure to do it that way then to avoid issues. Thanks