Getting a new mobo. Confuse about something

[filipmike33]

Recently my old mobo stopped working (damn static), so i'll be buying another mobo...most likely this one since its cheap (im only going to be using this setup for a couple more weeks, until black friday comes and I buy a E6600 and mobo). My question is, once i install all the peripherals and turn it on, will it ask me to do a clean install of windows? I dont want to mess up my hard drive, I have WAAAY to many things in there that I need.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Unless the mobo you`re getting is exactly the same as the old one, you may have major problems.

Your hard drive will contain all the drivers etc for the old mobo and probably won`t work with the new one.

You`ll probably need to do at least a Windows repair and possibly a complete reformat, in order to get things up and running.

The best advice I can give you, is to put your hard drive in another system as a slave and backup your important data, then put it back in your computer.

Regards Howard

 

[filipmike33]

I was afraid of that...what if i buy a new hard drive? and use my old one as a slave? would that be fine? So you dont recomend me just installing all the peripherals and turning on the computer? Will that mess up my hard drive? Thanks in advance

 

[howard_hopkinso]

I was afraid of that...what if i buy a new hard drive? and use my old one as a slave? would that be fine?

Yes, that would be a very good option.

I don`t think installing everything and trying to boot from your existing hard drive will harm the hard drive. I just don`t think it`ll work.

Regards Howard