I have a hard drive which was used with maximus v extreme right now the mobos damaged i have a x79 motherboard and processor (

idkallright,

I think you should be able to install the HD on an SATA channel and access it using Windows Explorer from the new C:\ drive. I did this with HD's from a company that was closing. As the files are not in a separate partition from Windows and the programs, I installed the drive in an HP z420 on SATA 2 (0 and 1 were occupied) and did a series of searches by the extensions of the programs on the system, e.g.: *.doc, *.jpg, *.psd, *.dwg and then copied the files onto an external drive (WD Passport). the external drive was set up in folders called: Word, Images, Photoshop, AutoCad DWG and etc. By using this method, the files were automatically separated from the system and application files and in easy categories for distribution into archive folders by project and so on.

There can be a fuss sometimes when trying to plug a boot drive into a system as it will not like having two active partitions. If this happens, install Easeus Partition Master (free) and set the old C:\ as Logical.

It may also be possible to do a repair/ reinstall of Windows over the original that will allow it to work as the boot drive on the new system. You replace the m/b and CPU install the HD as boot drive on SATA 0, and from the install disk, do a repair install. this is supposed to preserve the DLL's and install files so the programs are useable, but if the data files are the only interest you might try the above, less dangerous method. Watch some YouTube videos on repair installs and back up the files first. I did this on a system and installed Win 7 Pro 64 as an upgrade over XP Pro 32 and the files were left intact. Sometimes the programs have to be reinstalled, but I had cases where the program seemed to simply reinstall the DLL's and registry entries.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 six-core @ 3.7 /4.0GHz > 16GB DDR3 ECC 1866 RAM > Quadro K2200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > Logitech z2300 > Linksys AE3000 USB WiFi > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440) > Windows 7 Professional 64