Windows 10: Installing Windows 10 on a new hard drive

Discus and support Installing Windows 10 on a new hard drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Greetings Sir, I have an old pc (7 years) and plan on replacing the hard drive with a new WD Black. I want to save my present drive and use it as a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by RussG1, Sep 29, 2018.

  1. RussG1 Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on a new hard drive


    Greetings Sir,


    I have an old pc (7 years) and plan on replacing the hard drive with a new WD Black. I want to save my present drive and use it as a slave. I do not want to mirror my present drive over. Instead, I would like to start fresh on the new drive and pick and choose files I wish to keep. I made a recovery USB, but did not copy the system files.


    Can I install the new hard drive, use the recovery disk and install a new version of Windows 10? AND Can I then use my new drive to pull off files from the old C drive which would then likely be drive E?


    Hope this make sense.


    Regards,


    Russ Goodrum

    :)
     
    RussG1, Sep 29, 2018
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  2. little cat, Sep 29, 2018
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  3. Problems installing new hard drive

    Hello,

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.


    Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Sep 29, 2018
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  4. CK011885 Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on a new hard drive

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?
     
    CK011885, Sep 29, 2018
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