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Wanting to swap old HDD into brand new system
I know it's not typically recommended, but it's something I just wanted to try out. I already have my data backed up if anything goes wrong. It's an old Windows 7 HDD that was fully upgraded to Windows 10, and the hardware differences on the newer PC aren't too extreme (mainly just the motherboard, the majority of other parts are the same brand as the old PC).
Anywho, my problem is that my HDD is completely fine, but the system it used to belong to is now borked, to the point of being unbootable. I've read in many places that a way to strengthen chances of HDD swapping is to use the sysprep tool, but obviously I cannot do that if I can't boot the PC.
So.. my question is.. is there anything similar to sysprep (that I need just the HDD for, of course) that I can use to wipe the drivers on my HDD before I put it in the PC? And, if not, should I just wing it and give it a shot?
Thanks in advance, friends.