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    Putting my OS SSD from my laptop into new desktop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by eoinmfoley, Dec 23, 2014.

  1. eoinmfoley

    eoinmfoley Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but....

    I'm building a gaming desktop and selling my M18X R1 and was thinking of just putting my OS SSD into the desktop as it is with everything installed on it. Will this cause problems? If not, should I uninstall any drivers or anything before I do it? Current GPU is AMD and new one will be nVidia.

    Thanks for any help.


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    eoinmfoley, Dec 23, 2014
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  2. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Bad idea. As in "very bad idea".

    Yes.


    Just wipe the drive and do a clean install once the desktop is built. You'll be glad you did.

    Good luck.
     
    ajkula66, Dec 23, 2014
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  3. eoinmfoley

    eoinmfoley Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, had a feeling it was bad but wanted it to be good ;)


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    eoinmfoley, Dec 23, 2014
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Yup my rule is clean install always!
     
    TomJGX, Dec 24, 2014
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