I just bought a new motherboard, APU, etc... I want to avoid doing a fresh install of Windows for many reasons.
1. I don't have a Windows install disc
2. My new motherboard doesn't have the old CD/DVD ribbon input on it, so running discs won't work anyway
Here's the thing, I know I can burn an ISO image to a USB drive and make it bootable in BIOS, but before I go through the trouble of clean installing Windows to 2 nearly full 500gb hard drives and losing all of my music, pictures, movies, games etc from the past 6 years... I want to ask a question.
Is it possible to just upload the drivers that came with my new motherboard to my hard drive, change motherboards and other hardware, then boot and go?
Please don't advise me to back up my HDD, I don't have that option right now. I just want an answer to my question.
1. I don't have a Windows install disc
2. My new motherboard doesn't have the old CD/DVD ribbon input on it, so running discs won't work anyway
Here's the thing, I know I can burn an ISO image to a USB drive and make it bootable in BIOS, but before I go through the trouble of clean installing Windows to 2 nearly full 500gb hard drives and losing all of my music, pictures, movies, games etc from the past 6 years... I want to ask a question.
Is it possible to just upload the drivers that came with my new motherboard to my hard drive, change motherboards and other hardware, then boot and go?
Please don't advise me to back up my HDD, I don't have that option right now. I just want an answer to my question.