Switching from AMD to INTEL, need to keep windows.

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Dylan_48

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I am switching from amd to intel and I need to know what drivers I should uninstall from AMD and install for INTEL. For INTEL I dont know where or what driver to download. I need to keep windows because my personal things are on the HDD and I have have anything to back it up with, and with would save a lot of hassle with games and programs.

My CURRENT AMD Build:
FX-6300
Stock cooler
Ta-970 AM3+ board
8GB DDr3 1600MHZ
EVGA GTX 960 2GB FTW
1 TB HDD with my youtube files, my games, and my programs such as photoshop and vegas pro.
Windows 10 64BIT

My INTEL Build:
i5-6600k
CM Hyper 212 evo
Gigabyte z170-HD3P
16GB DDr4 2400MHz
EVGA GTX 960 2GB FTW
Same 1TB HDD
Hoping to keep Windows ten .

If i format my HDD, I will be stuck with windows 7 and my programs and data will be lost, please tell me the drivers and other things that need to be uninstalled to get the best compatibility, also will it effect gaming prefromance if i dont format?

Also, is it even possible?
 
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It goes beyond drivers. There are other files and registry items that are different when windows installs itself on AMD vs Intel.

You have absolutely zero choice but to reinstall windows.

I have to ask you, if these are files you cant loose then why don't you have a means of backing them up.
I am sure money is tight, but bottom line if you don't want to loose the files then you need to take measures to prevent it, because if your current drive fails then you are screwed.



Now with all of that said:
If your current hard drive has plenty of free space on it, you could shrink your windows partition, create a new partition (drive), and then move your files to that which will keep them safe while reinstalling windows. In regards to...
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boosted1g

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It goes beyond drivers. There are other files and registry items that are different when windows installs itself on AMD vs Intel.

You have absolutely zero choice but to reinstall windows.

I have to ask you, if these are files you cant loose then why don't you have a means of backing them up.
I am sure money is tight, but bottom line if you don't want to loose the files then you need to take measures to prevent it, because if your current drive fails then you are screwed.



Now with all of that said:
If your current hard drive has plenty of free space on it, you could shrink your windows partition, create a new partition (drive), and then move your files to that which will keep them safe while reinstalling windows. In regards to programs you cant just copy them over, you will have to reinstall them as well.
 
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manv

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I dont think you can keep your windows after such a major hardware change.
Your windows 10 key is tied to your hardware and hence any major changes to PC will not let you use the old key.
I would say you will have to get a new license for that PC.
 
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boosted1g

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Also you might not be able to reuse windows 10.

Your key is tied to your motherboard (unless you intentionally went out and bought a retail key to load), and thus the key will be tied to your AMD motherboard.

You can call micrsoft and say your motherboard died or something like that and HOPE that they activate it, but this is by far no guarantee of success.
 
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Dylan_48

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Thank you very much for answering, my friend lended my a spare HDD to back my stuff up, and as for win 10, I think I can pull a fast one on them. But I have heard they are air tight with that stuff so it will be hard.
 
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See if you can't boot with windows 10 and your old hard drive.
If you can, then you only need to install the new drivers.
If your windows 10 is oem, you may need to buy a new license.
If you do a phone reactivation, MS may be lenient if you convince them that this is the only pc running this copy of windows.

To be safe, I would take this as an opportunity to convert to a ssd.
Buy a Samsung evo and use their ssd migration tool to copy your current install to a ssd.
Then on your new build, use that ssd.
That way, if anything should go wrong, you will still have your original hard drive and data.

If you need to do a clean install on the ssd, your data files will be available when you attach the hard drive.
Unfortunately apps will need to be reinstalled since you will have created a new clean registry.

If some of your games are on steam, I understand there is a procedure to handle those. Google that.

 
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Sysprep is not intended for use on production systems (those that have been in use for some time) and the results when it turns sideways are not fixable. If you do go that route make sure to use a clone of the original drive just in case.
 
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it's the step before doing a clean install imo, if it fails then you were always going to go clean anyway.
 
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