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evetsreklaw

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hi, ive bought myself a new mobo and cpu. im upgrading from the asus p5kc and intel core 2 quad q6600 to the asus m5a78l-mle and amd fx 6300. and wondered when i do, will i have to install a fresh windows and how do i keep everything on my hdd as i dont fancy downloading everything again.
 
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Buy an external drive 1 or 2 TB (you should do this anyway)
Whatever personal data you have, save to that.
Whatever installation applications you have, save to that.
Whatever application install disks you have, find them.
Whatever drivers you need for the new hardware, download and save them to the external.

Clean install the OS.

Once everything is up and running, with the new drivers, install all your applications, games, whatever
Copy all your personal files back over.
Use the external as a backup drive. On an automated schedule, save...
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Yes, with a clean install you will almost certainly lose everything. And in any major hardware/software change, you should have a copy of your personal stuff elsewhere, just in case.
 
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evetsreklaw

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bit of a noob what do you mean?
 
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USAFRet

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Buy an external drive 1 or 2 TB (you should do this anyway)
Whatever personal data you have, save to that.
Whatever installation applications you have, save to that.
Whatever application install disks you have, find them.
Whatever drivers you need for the new hardware, download and save them to the external.

Clean install the OS.

Once everything is up and running, with the new drivers, install all your applications, games, whatever
Copy all your personal files back over.
Use the external as a backup drive. On an automated schedule, save your personal files to that.

Or, you could just install the new hardware, and probably run into multiple problems. Then come back here and ask how to fix it.
Save your stuff first.
 
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