Will I have to format hard drive?

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therabidwookiee

therabidwookiee

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Currently I have Asus P8Z77-V motherboard and the i5 2500k cpu and this weekend I will be replacing those with:

ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989

and

Intel i7 4770K 3.5GHz Socket LGA 1150 Boxed Processor
http://www.microcenter.com/product/413248/Core_i7_4770K_35GHz_Socket_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

What I am wondering is, since i am still sticking with Intel.. will i have to format my hard drive or should it just carry on over?
 
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nostall
Though still using Intel, the models, chipsets, etc. are all different. Windows installs are tied to the equipment that you originally had when you installed the OS.
You will need to do a new install of Windows
though
you might try doing that install on the old drive with the old Windows install.
Boot with the install disk in your dvd drive, and boot from it. Don't do a repair, but do an install. In that menu someplace your drive with the partitions etc. should show up and IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY when you start the install, Windows will mark your old Windows file(s) as "old Windows" and reinstall the OS.
When I did this, about two years ago, I found that I still had to reinstall most of my programs, Steam and all the games...
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Though still using Intel, the models, chipsets, etc. are all different. Windows installs are tied to the equipment that you originally had when you installed the OS.
You will need to do a new install of Windows
though
you might try doing that install on the old drive with the old Windows install.
Boot with the install disk in your dvd drive, and boot from it. Don't do a repair, but do an install. In that menu someplace your drive with the partitions etc. should show up and IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY when you start the install, Windows will mark your old Windows file(s) as "old Windows" and reinstall the OS.
When I did this, about two years ago, I found that I still had to reinstall most of my programs, Steam and all the games (Steam can tell you how to move the games so you can avoid a complete reinstall of everything), Office; pretty much everything.
I finally decided it wasn't worth the hassle, after about 3 months of using the drive and tinkering with all the programs I just went out and bought a new drive and started over.
Hope this helps. Kinda long, and davcon's advise is very good - in fewer words.
 
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