HDD Transfer

[Exnem]

The only reason I'm asking is because I'm inexperienced and haven't done this one before, and in general I want some advice from someone who has more experience than me in doing this.

I want to move my old HDD with Windows 7 installed on it, into a PC with a HDD, where the OS is installed on the SSD, Windows 10.
The tricky part for me is how I would do it, and what to expect. It'll happen in about 5 or so days, so I just want to be prepared and have all the info I need, ready for when it needs to happen.
I'm not expecting problems placing the hardware into the PC, but rather problems with prompts and procedures when I want to actually use it.
The old HDD doesn't necessarily need to keep the OS or all of its content, I just want to have that extra 1TB, and I'll gladly re-install everything on it.
I don't know how this'll go, and don't want to sit there with something fucked up.

Tips?

 

[Creepis]

You can do it without problems as long as you let your Bios know that it should use the correct boot order which is the SSD, if it includes the HDD remove it.

You can't use Windows on a different system than it was previously installed to anyways as the key/license is bound to your motherboard. With Windows 7 it probably wont even boot or prompt you to activate Windows, if the OS was 10 it would enable the watermark if you used the HDD as your boot device.

 

[Exnem]

My old HDD is Win7 and I don't have a problem with wiping it.
It's being moved to a PC with Win10

 

[Creepis]

Also depending on your PC (seems like you're getting a new one) you can't use new CPU architectures with Windows 7 so it's best to remove it from the HDD.

 

[Exnem]

So, the problem with that is, how would I do that without a cd?

 

[Exnem]

Though, can't I just set the boot order, and then have my PC reformat the HDD that way?

 

[Creepis]

You can format your HDD once you're in Windows

 

[Exnem]

And this'll happen on the new PC or on the old?

 

[Creepis]

New PC.

 

[SatoshiAaron]

Just leave all the data on your Hard Drive. You can even leave Windows on there. As Creepis said, just change the boot order to make the SSD the primary boot device.

Don't forget you want to conserve your Solid State space as much as possible.

Your motherboard should have came with an extra few SATA leads. And your power supply should have spare SATA Power Connectors either hardwired in or in the box depending if it is modular or not. Then you have two hard drives.