- Mar 22, 2010
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I am building a new computer and I have new memory, a new motherboard, a new video card and a new processor. I'm wondering if it's possible to take the current harddrive I have and instead of completely reformatting it, I hook it up to the new motherboard and create a second partition with a new windows installation on it. Would that work or do I need to completely reformat the harddrive in order for it to work with the new motherboard?
Let me reiterate. I want to take a harddrive that already has windows 7 on it and hook it up to a brand new, never used before motherboard, then create a second, blank partition on said harddrive and install a fresh copy of windows on the second partition. Would that cause ANY problems or will it work? I have reasons for asking such a convoluted question, but I need to know if it will or not.
Let me reiterate. I want to take a harddrive that already has windows 7 on it and hook it up to a brand new, never used before motherboard, then create a second, blank partition on said harddrive and install a fresh copy of windows on the second partition. Would that cause ANY problems or will it work? I have reasons for asking such a convoluted question, but I need to know if it will or not.
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