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Post by radicalswine on Sept 8, 2011 21:48:19 GMT -5
Hi, just wondering if I decide to put a new motherboard in my computer will I have to format my hard drive? I really don't want to if I don't have to, my external Hard drive is full and I have too much on here to lose
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Post by Master22 on Sept 9, 2011 7:01:15 GMT -5
hmm..... if you go through your files, delete all of you junk. get all of you files in one place. that would be the safest way to keep them safe while changing your PC that is just advise, i dont know the answer to your main question  |
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Post by F6 on Sept 14, 2011 17:53:49 GMT -5
Is this an OEM hard drive? If not, then it is unlikely that you will need to reformat.
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Post by Myron on Sept 18, 2011 10:50:14 GMT -5
If you are putting an aftermarket board in you will have to re-format. If you do an exact replacement you should be OK. Also, If your thinking about upgrading your board, there are alot of things to watch out for. For example, if you have a Dell, HP, Gateway or othe major brand system, you CANNOT just go to Frys and buy a board and stick it in there. If you have a generic PC you chances are better to carry over components. You also have to be carefull of what type of CPU and memory and now days even hard drive you have. For example, there are different types of CPU's (AMD, INTEL) are the primaries. These can have a different pinnouts that cannot be interchanged. Hard Drives can be have a 40 pin flat ribbon cable or new ones are called SATA and have a different plug. Same situation on your memory(RAM) it can be various types of DDR, which may not be compatible on your new board.
Hope this helps!
Myron
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Post by Ggrafinks on Sept 19, 2011 10:27:37 GMT -5
Even installing an exact replacement you may find your OS and or applications wont work as BIOS may differ, an new MOBO is in fact a new Computer and is worth the small amount of time reinstalling your OS and applications as %99.9 of Computer builders do. So for a few more $ / £s go for a better chip set and with that you may want a better GPU, more RAM, better CPU etc staying static is using old tech and not much fun  |
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