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Will this conflict with anything?

Everything was replaced, except my HDD and I'm fully aware I have to replace the video drivers, but then I learned somewhere that I have to get motherboard drivers, ect ect.

Can somewhere shine some light on this situation? Can I truly drop in my old HDD into this 100% new build?
 
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Nope! Absolutely not. You may even fry your HDD that way.

Whenever you have a new system, it's necessary to wipe the SSD for a couple reasons.
A: Windows links itself to the motherboard. No mobo, no Windows.
B: You'll have all sorts of crazy driver conflicts going on. It won't be pretty.
So no, you cannot drop it in, it will not work. Do a wipe of the hard drive, reformat/partition and install the OS again. Painstaking but necessary.

I hate to be the bringer of bad news :/ Hope it helps though!
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Nope! Absolutely not. You may even fry your HDD that way.

Whenever you have a new system, it's necessary to wipe the SSD for a couple reasons.
A: Windows links itself to the motherboard. No mobo, no Windows.
B: You'll have all sorts of crazy driver conflicts going on. It won't be pretty.
So no, you cannot drop it in, it will not work. Do a wipe of the hard drive, reformat/partition and install the OS again. Painstaking but necessary.

I hate to be the bringer of bad news :/ Hope it helps though!
 
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Dammit, so I NEED an external harddrive, lol that really blows! And a way to get a hold a copy of my OS from my old Harddrive, anyone have any options on how I can get a copy of my windows 7 home premium off my old Harddrive to re-install it onto the same one? There wasn't really an installation disk, everything was pre-installed when I got the PC that the HDD came in.

I'm ordering the External right now.
 
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Can't. That install is tied to that motherboard and can probably only be registered once (to the computer it came on.).
How about you purchase Windows 7 OEM for $99?
 
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