Moving from Intel to Amd, least painful way to keep as much data as possible?

Minusorange · 3 Dec 2020 at 19:07

So I'm currently moving from my 4770k to a 3950x, what's the best way with least data damage to keep my old win 10 + data to move to the 3950x.

I've seen on Microsoft support forums that you should just be able to boot straight into the drive with little issue but you need to delete old drivers and reinstall new

I've also seen elsewhere, that isn't the best idea because it can cause conflicts which if happens means a fresh install/repair

Which leads me onto the seemingly best non conflict options of a completely fresh install (I did backup everything just in case) or for some slightly less inconvenience the repair option which should keep all files/settings

Wondering if any issues actually can arise from the repair option as I'd prefer keeping settings or if completely fresh is the only way to go ? Or is sorting drivers out from prior setup and new setup totally viable now with win10 thus saving the installing of everything else ?

Thanks

Minusorange · 4 Dec 2020 at 00:31

Well fresh install was quicker than getting a reply, now the pain of installing everything else

arknor · 5 Dec 2020 at 09:53

I've gone from amd > intel before with just a reboot worked fine for years and years until that dodgy recent windows update a lot of people had issues with

Destination · 5 Dec 2020 at 12:39

Fresh install is still always the best, followed by chipset drivers

t31os · 6 Dec 2020 at 01:53

Just remove the motherboard drivers, install new hardware and install the new ones.

A fresh install is nice, but if you clear off the hardware specific drivers (the chipset/mobo software), there's no need to get anal about doing it fresh.

arknor · 7 Dec 2020 at 11:04

Destination said:
Fresh install is still always the best, followed by chipset drivers

it's not though, the same as those people who reinstall their os every 6-12months cos fresh is best.

it makes no actual difference to benchmarks if your fresh or not as long as your OS wasn't a huge mess to begin with

smogsy · 7 Dec 2020 at 17:24

arknor said:
it's not though, the same as those people who reinstall their os every 6-12months cos fresh is best.

it makes no actual difference to benchmarks if your fresh or not as long as your OS wasn't a huge mess to begin with

Being a MCAP, Fresh is "best" however Arknor is also correct, HAL will be rebuilt & tweaked automatically when Any Hardware changes after the introduction of Windows 8

Destination · 7 Dec 2020 at 17:52

arknor said:
it's not though, the same as those people who reinstall their os every 6-12months cos fresh is best.

it makes no actual difference to benchmarks if your fresh or not as long as your OS wasn't a huge mess to begin with

For new processor and motherboard combo, I still think fresh is best, too much changes otherwise.
As for reinstalls, unless you've malware they are pretty unnecessary now, given windows 10.