Open Best way to go about reinstalling Windows after whole system upgrade, without losing programs and files?

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Brandon Byrnes

Brandon Byrnes

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I am switching from an AM4 platform to AM5 in the next few weeks. I know generally it's not a good idea to just plop your OS drive from your past build into the new build because drivers are going to be different so what is the best way to do this without having to completely reinstall Windows 11 and spend hours downloading and reinstalling all my programs? I know in the past there was the option to reinstall Windows without losing files or apps but that only worked for Windows apps so i ended up having to download and reinstall all of my programs again which took hours to do.
 
I have never had a good outcome trying this.
There are so many registry entries that point in uncountable directions that problems will crop up. That's even if your able to get it to work.

Before you do anything, I'd make sure to have a backup of your discs.
 
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