#Installing os on ssd new build install#
#Installing os on ssd new build drivers#

From here, all you need to do is install it onto the new ssd and then move the files from the old drive to the new one. This can also be configured from the bios. They do have to reinstall (rerun the buildbot, and possibly install VC patches, punkbuster, etc). Make sure u have a usb flash drive with the os plugged in and boot from the usb. I personally run Steam on a second drive already, and all I have to do when I move it to a new machine, is install Steam back to the folder it was installed in before, and it refinds all of my games. Now, moving the non OS drives is a different matter, and should be a non issue.

#Installing os on ssd new build drivers#

You wouldn't even need to change the key (since you seem to be retiring the old machine), you'd just have to reactivate it.Д«ut so much hardware is going to change that I'd be leery of having Windows refind all of the drivers for things like chipsets, USB, NIC, etc. Since I'm in a hurry and the files don't really matter to me, I am opting to install a new OS instead on the SSD. So I'm stuck with two drives with broken bootloaders. While it's theoretically possible, it's pretty ugly IMO. Simply put, I botched it by immediately booting using the SSD without removing the old HDD (first rule of cloning: don't do that). Would this work? Has anyone here successfully tried such an upgrade approach? All I have to do is enter a new Product Key for the OS, right? So that would be the Product Key from my 2nd reserve copy of Win 7 Pro I bought. So without reformatting I'd have all my savegames, programs, and Steam games from my current rig.

from my current i7 2600K rig and put it into the new computer. Ordinarily if installing a clean copy over an existing drive, I could create a usb boot. Boot windows and confirm that the drive is recognized in Disk Management. Turn on pc, and enable PCIE mode for the M.2 slot. So I was thinking, maybe I'll take out my OS Samsung 512GB 830 Pro and my 4TB h.d. Physically install the NVME drive onto the MOBO (while disconnected from power) 2. If this isnвЂ™t a new PC build, youвЂ™ll need to format the drive in the Disk Management utility. Follow the prompts and designate your install drive by confirming the capacity. Now I gotta build a new desktop for it, and that can be expensive if I buy another big ssd > 480gb and another 4 TB h.d. Start the operating system installation process once the computer loads. I bought that $199 MicroCenter deal on an i7 4770K cpu deal.