Question about old HD with win

[Flejmi]

I’m building a new PCi have an old Samsung ssd 128 GB with only battlefield 4 on it.And I have an old Hitachi regular 1 TB with win 7 in it and my old data.I want to put the new win 10 on the SSD and use the old HDD as a secondary drive
But I don’t need windows 7 anymore…just want my stuff…music…pics…games…How is that gonna work?

[Rustys]

Is the Windows 7 drive still in the computer?

If so then use an external drive and transfer the data to that then one you know the data is there then wipe the windows 7 drive clean put it into the Windows 10 machine and transfer the data back. Keep the backup on the external that if anything happens then you have it.

If not then install the HDD into the windows 10 system transfer the files to the C: Drive and then wipe the old Windows 7 drive and put them back.

Would still strongly suggest that you create a back up of files that way should something happen you have a copy and they are gone.

[Flejmi]

No both drives are and have been out of pc for 6 years now…is there a way I put in SSD ,load win 10 on it then put the old win7 HDD in ? And take out what I need?

[Evan_Omo]

Hi,

Yes, just wipe the SSD and perform a clean installation of Windows 10 on it then after Windows 10 is installed on it, just plug the Windows 7 HDD into the computer and transfer any data you want on it, onto the SSD.

[Flejmi]

So since the SSD has only battlefield 4 in it won’t be an issue even if it takes more then required space…like it will delete it or tell me I guess?I have no problem deleting that if the bios lets me during the build.And thank you.This PC is for my 10 year old who when he was 3(last day of age 3)
Poured not spilled…poured water down the PC with two GTX EVGA 760’s in it i5 k
HDD, blue ray and ssd survived as did the CPU but I sold that…I mean I hope the HDD SSD and blue ray are fine …

[Flejmi]

Also I heard the Mobo that I’m getting the gigabyte b365m has issues with booting from SSD so I have a thousand worries
I m still waiting on the case network card and psu

[Rustys]

No both drives are and have been out of pc for 6 years now…is there a way I put in SSD ,load win 10 on it then put the old win7 HDD in ? And take out what I need?

As I stated

If not then install the HDD into the windows 10 system transfer the files to the C: Drive and then wipe the old Windows 7 drive and put them back.

Or you can get a HDD to USB and transfer the files then wipe the drive and install the drive.

gigabyte b365m

Has a built in network cart or are you talking about a WiFi one?

has issues with booting from SSD s

May just require a BIOS update to correct.

[Flejmi]

As I stated
Or you can get a HDD to USB and transfer the files then wipe the drive and install the drive.

Has a built in network cart or are you talking about a WiFi one?
May just require a BIOS update to correct.

Talking about wifi card since it doesn’t have one
Wouldn’t even bother with it but have to

How do you do USB to HDD? An internal hdd

[Rustys]

https://www.amazon.com/sata-usb/s?k=sata+to+usb

This will convert a internal Drive to an External Drive.

https://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Drive-Adapter-Converter-External/dp/B00BIE996S/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=sata+to+usb&qid=1595435361&sr=8-10

Is the one that I use.

[Flejmi]

Ok great
I will try and put the HDD in after SSDif that doesn’t work I’ll have to order this thing I guess

[Rustys]

@Flejmi any new information

[Flejmi]

Waiting on psu
EVGA 500 wats gold
I have the old one still
Seasonic 650 gold
But fully modular and I don’t wanna mess with it and the wires
I don’t even have the power cord
Thinking of selling it bare as is …that EVGA is not modular but it was pretty cheap so… hopefully I won’t have problems…I told my son he might have a spillage accident…be a shame on such a nice computer…yea but I was 3 is his excuse…yea but I had two 760’s in there and was about to mine bitcoin…but u enjoy ur new Minecraft machine buddy…that feeling of seeing a dark screen I wish to no one…and then seeing water there…my.fault for leaving the bottle on the table too.

[Rustys]

On selling it that is up to you.

Perfectly honest with you I would not trust any parts what were in the water damaged system. Then may still work and or after time they may expire.

While waiting on the other parts to come in what CPU and RAM are you putting on to the Gigabyte b365m

[Flejmi]

connected everything and it wont turn on
power sw and led+ and led - minus switches

first the led+in upper row then led - next to it then power sw cable next to it and nothing…big cable is in from psu to mobo …there is a 3 pin connector from the case that goes i dont know where…

[Flejmi]

had ecga cable run to upper left of mobo thinking to plug in a week 1030 low profile nvidia card,so switched and plugged in cpu cable in upper left corner,does the blue ray drive need direct cable to ssd?