Can't start new computer with old HDD

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I recently built my new computer, but I don't have my operating system in yet, getting that next week. But I wanted to start it up since I have all of the parts installed already, since I thought it would go to the bios screen. But I end up getting a Blue screen with the error "AODDRIVER2.sys". Now I think I know the solution, but I'm not sure. My HDD has all of my files from my old computer on it, and I thought that when I got my OS disk that during the installation it would ask me to wipe the hard drive. But I'm not sure if I can do that, since I keep getting a blue screen. So do I have to assemble a computer just to wipe my HDD? Buy a new one? Or can I still just wipe it during the process of the installation?

Specs:
Cpu: Intel i7 6700
Gpu: Gtx 960
OS: (Soon to be) Windows 10
HDD: 1tb
Mobo: MSI B150M Mortar

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
 
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Well, since you're uninterested in salvaging any data on this HDD (that's correct, isn't it?) and you're planning to fresh-install the Win 10 OS on this drive, then there's no reason you can't install the OS onto this disk at this time.

Head over to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 and download the Windows Media Tool

Ensure that you select the option "Create installation media for another PC" during the installation process of the WMT.

Install the WMT to a USB flash drive (4 GB or larger is fine).

Use the WMT to install the Win 10 OS onto the HDD. On one of the initial screens of the Setup you'll click on the "I don't have a product ID (or license)..." (I can't remember the precise words but you'll see...
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ArtPog

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You haven't made your current objective quite clear.

Presumably your HDD which you want to install on your new build contains a non-Win 10 OS, right?

And when you finally complete your new build you plan to install (fresh-install?) Win 10 on that HDD, or possibly another HDD. Is that right?

So what's your objective right now insofar as installing the "old" HDD on your newly-built system? Just to determine if this new system will boot to the OS on that drive?

So when you finally install Win 10 on the new system possibly you plan to upgrade the present OS on the HDD and NOT fresh-install the Win 10 OS?

Anyway, it's not unusual for a transferred drive containing an OS not to boot on a new system. So if that's all than concerns you I wouldn't worry about it now since you're planning to install a different (apparently) OS on the new system.

It's not clear what you're driving at when you refer to "wipe my HDD". If that's the same HDD you're going to use to install the Win 10 OS and you just want to start with a "fresh" drive, you can accomplish that during the installation of the OS by simply formatting the drive at the beginning of the OS setup process.
 
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The HDD I want to install on my new computer has Windows 10 on it, but It was a pre-built so I dont have the key or anything like that. And I want to a new windows 10 on that hard drive, I dont have any other drives. My problem, is I just wanted to check if everything was alright before I got my OS. And my computer ends up loading for about a minute, and then the error message shows up. So should I just not worry about any of this? When I get the cd for windows 10, I put it in before I turn it on my pc, it starts the installation, and I wipe my hard drive during the installation?
 
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ArtPog

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Well, since you're uninterested in salvaging any data on this HDD (that's correct, isn't it?) and you're planning to fresh-install the Win 10 OS on this drive, then there's no reason you can't install the OS onto this disk at this time.

Head over to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 and download the Windows Media Tool

Ensure that you select the option "Create installation media for another PC" during the installation process of the WMT.

Install the WMT to a USB flash drive (4 GB or larger is fine).

Use the WMT to install the Win 10 OS onto the HDD. On one of the initial screens of the Setup you'll click on the "I don't have a product ID (or license)..." (I can't remember the precise words but you'll see it).

You'll select a "Custom installation" as you proceed through the setup.

So that process will install (an unactivated) Win 10 OS on the HDD so you'll be able to determine whether all is well with your system. When you receive your licensed copy of Win 10 you'll just activate the present system or, if for some reason you desire to reinstall another fresh-install of the OS, you can do that too.

 
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