Installing Z97 Mobo Drivers into a Z87 system

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I have an Asus Z87 (Windows 7 pro) system that I want to upgrade to an ASRock Z97. I would prefer keeping my programs and settings rather than a clean install. I have tried extracting the Z97 chipset drivers from the ASRock but that didn’t work. I have tried Acronis Universal Restore as well, but since several of the essential drivers are in .exe files, Acronis wouldn’t work.
What would happen if I simply installed the Z97 drivers into the Z87 system? Is this crazy or would it work?
 

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Potential issues aside - wouldn't the system just ignore the drivers that weren't hardware appropriate? If the system boots successfully to windows 7 with the new z97 drivers, great -- if not,then I would have to do the fresh install??
 
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