Xfering Hard drives to a new computer with a new MOBO

[Benihana]

Hey guys I was wondering will I come upon any problems when I am bringing my HD down to Dallas to use with my Brother's computer. They are both AMD 890FX mobos, and both ASUS brands. I will also be bringing down my 1090t to put into his mobo. So will I have a problem with the Win7 64bit, I will be using it for a couple of days? Thanks guys.

 

[Knufire]

Should be okay. It's one of those things that you'll never know what might go wrong until you try it. But both being on the same chipset/CPU, I think the odds are in your favor.

 

[Benihana]

Thanks buddy. I am going to QuakeCon and I need to bring a rig cause I got the BYOC pass, and I do not have a box/styrofoam case for my HAF-X. So now I am trying to get a rig on the cheap down there. My brother has a 890FX, with dual 6850s and a CM HAF-912 with a PSU, so all I need to bring down is a HD with OS, RAM and chipset. That was going to be my biggest worry and problem, but I will just bring down my Win7 disk just in case.

 

[c627627]

Make sure to disconnect everything on first boot, especially any additional hard drives.

After first boot, only then connect everything else.

 

[Benihana]

When you say disconnect everything, what does that include? Mouse, keyboard, gfx cards, just let me know what needs to be disconnected. Thanks

 

[c627627]

As a general rule add anything requiring drivers after the first boot.

I would definitely only connect the boot hard drive initially and add extra hard drives after first boot.

 

[SteveLord]

^ /agree with above.