Transferring HDD to different computer?

slimes · Apr 21, 2014

I just built a new computer with everything set up on a Samsung 840 EVO 240GB, including Windows 7.

What will happen if I take out a Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 7200 RPM from another computer with Windows 7 already on it and put it in the new one? Will everything work fine?

Thanks.

Phillip Corcoran · Apr 21, 2014

The drive you add will be usable, but you won't be able to run the Windows 7 that's already on it on account of the motherboard being different. Reformat it in Disk Management so you can use it for backing up.

mickypheonix · Apr 21, 2014

Hi slimes ,
its not that simple m8 , the old hard drive would have had windows installed to the motherboard in that system so all the drivers for chipset , lan , sata , usb , audio etc etc will be different with the new motherboard , windows will either crash or just not boot at all.
You will not be able to boot from that drive but you may be able to copy any files you had on it if you had any documents or music or movies etc on it.
If you just wish to add it to your system for more storage then you can do this but you will have to format the drive first.
to do this right click my computer/manage/disk management , this will show you every drive hooked up to your system. find the drive you want to format , highlight it and right click/format and you will be good to go

slimes · Apr 23, 2014

mickypheonix :

Yeah I'm planning on just using it as storage. Should I format it on the computer it's on, and then take it out and put it in my new computer, or should I just put it into my new computer and then format it?

Also, how would I go about backing it up? Because I want a lot of the files on the drive to be on it still when I put it in my new computer.

mickypheonix · Apr 23, 2014

just put in in your new computer ,right click mycomputer/manage/disk management ( this will show every hard drive hooked up to your computer )
find the added drive , make sure it is the right one , right click on the highlited drive/format
and you will be good to go

mickypheonix · Apr 23, 2014

you can hook it up to backup and follow same steps as before but do not format , right click/change drive letter and paths then you should be able to see the hard drive then you can move the files off of the drive to a different location

slimes · Apr 27, 2014

mickypheonix :

Earlier you said that my windows would just crash and not boot at all if I tried using it and that I can avoid this by formatting, but won't my windows crash/not boot if I turn on my computer and try to format it then?

What do you mean by hook it up to backup?

Thanks btw

mickypheonix · Apr 27, 2014

by hook it up , i mean connect your drive , go into disk management,right click/change drive letter and paths then you should be able to see the hard drive then you can move the files off of the drive to a different location

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