So, I'm planning to move my hard drive to a new mobo

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I'm planning to build a new computer soon and I want to save my current hard drive as well as buy a SSD.

I realize that I need to buy another copy of Windows 7 because I'm getting a new motherboard, but I plan to install Windows 7 onto the SSD.

So what happens to the hard drive that had Windows 7 on it before? Can it still be used and will all my files be good to go?
 
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Depends on what you mean by "all my files".

If you mean applications, no. They need to be reinstalled.
For your docs/music/etc. Sure. One thing I'd suggest is to copy ALL of those to another set of folders, outside of the current Libraries.
Those folders (Documents/Music/Pictures) are associated with your current user. When you install Windows on the new drive, you are another user, even if you use the same 'name'. The NTFS permissions are different.
So, move those files elsewhere, and you can access them freely. If you don't, you can still access them, but it involves another step of 'Assume ownership' of those folders.


And when you do the new install on the new drive, have only that drive installed. Connect the other(s)...
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Depends on what you mean by "all my files".

If you mean applications, no. They need to be reinstalled.
For your docs/music/etc. Sure. One thing I'd suggest is to copy ALL of those to another set of folders, outside of the current Libraries.
Those folders (Documents/Music/Pictures) are associated with your current user. When you install Windows on the new drive, you are another user, even if you use the same 'name'. The NTFS permissions are different.
So, move those files elsewhere, and you can access them freely. If you don't, you can still access them, but it involves another step of 'Assume ownership' of those folders.


And when you do the new install on the new drive, have only that drive installed. Connect the other(s) after everything works on the SSD.
Then install applications wherever you want.
 
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