Moving an Existing SSD with win 7 on it to a New PC

hitman · 7 Dec 2013 at 13:52

Quick question - I think I have to do a fresh installation?
Can someone please confirm?
Cheers

kefan77 · 7 Dec 2013 at 13:53

you might not need to, but it's always better.

Scythe · 7 Dec 2013 at 14:05

kefan77 said:
you might not need to, but it's always better.

This, do a fresh install if you can.

If you really can't afford to do a fresh install, you can do a repair install (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how-tos/how_repair_faulty_windows_installation_without_reformatting Option 2) on the new hardware, which will reset and reconfigure Windows. You can have problems with stuff left behind but it could be worth a try.

hitman · 7 Dec 2013 at 14:10

cheers both