Windows 10: Upgrade hardware from Intel to AMD but without reinstalling Windows.

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    Upgrade hardware from Intel to AMD but without reinstalling Windows.


    This has probably been asked before. After 10 years I've acquired parts for a new build. This time going from Intel Z97 to AMD AM5. My Windows 10 Pro installation and software are on a 2.5" SSD. I would dearly like to avoid reinstalling everything by simply just taking this drive out of the old Intel system build and connecting it into the new AMD system build.I've read that going from Intel to AMD might or will cause BSODs or performance related issues. If that's the case, I'll have to clean install windows and everything again. I have a Kingston KC3000 M.2 SSD that's going to be the main Win

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