Windows 10: Moving a old windows boot drive to a new pc that has a new boot drive

Discus and support Moving a old windows boot drive to a new pc that has a new boot drive in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I built a new PC recently and got a new m.2 SSD Which is my new boot drive/ :C Drive. I was wondering if it was safe to take my old PC :C Drive and put... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by brendenperkins, Jan 8, 2023.

  1. Moving a old windows boot drive to a new pc that has a new boot drive


    I built a new PC recently and got a new m.2 SSD Which is my new boot drive/ :C Drive. I was wondering if it was safe to take my old PC :C Drive and put it in my new one and wipe it? Will this cause any issues since there would be two drives with windows installed on them?

    :)
     
    brendenperkins, Jan 8, 2023
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  2. Mussels Win User

    how do i move hard drive to new computer?

    intel to intel you have a shot.

    Install the latest intel chipset drivers and it may just work transferring it over - the key is to have teh new sata controllers drivers installed BEFORE moving it over (i normally transfer to a PCI-E SATA-II card i have, then boot the new system on the PCI-E card, install the onboard drivers, and then move to the onboard sata.)

    for clarification on my steps.

    1. install new SATA card/controller in original PC and install drivers
    2. power off, move boot drive to the sata card
    3. boot windows to make sure it works
    4. get new system up, move sata card to it with boot drive attached.
    5. boot windows - a few reboots are always needed to get around the change of hardware
    6. move the boot drive to the new mobos sata ports, and it should work.
     
    Mussels, Jan 8, 2023
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  3. Rhenn_101 Win User
    Win10 clean install on new drive, dual boot w/win7 on old drive. New Win10 drive won't boot

    As per subject line above, I did clean install of Win 10 on new drive. Left Win7 on old drive. All went fine; PC boots as long as old drive is present. Boot option screen appears at boot offering choice of Win10 or 7. Works fine. BUT, when I removed old
    drive with Win7, system won't boot from new drive (CMoving a old windows boot drive to a new pc that has a new boot drive :). Apparently Win10 installed boot selection and/or something critical on the OLD drive. The new drive shows the Win10 logo in File Explorer (when old drive is present), and all Win10 files appear to have
    installed correctly on the new disk. But it won't boot by itself - so something is missing. (Yes, I changed the boot sequence order in the bios to look for the new drive.) But bios prompts for a bootable disk, meaning the new C: drive is "not bootable". What
    gives?

    Thanks for any help!!!
     
    Rhenn_101, Jan 8, 2023
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  4. GlynParry Win User

    Moving a old windows boot drive to a new pc that has a new boot drive

    Old Hard drive to new hard drive

    I now have my old hard drive converted to an external drive and am wondering what is the best way to move files from the old to the new. I was thinking of booting the old drive and saving the files I want to the cloud and then downloading them to my new
    computer. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
     
    GlynParry, Jan 8, 2023
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