a couple of questions about upgrading my custom computer...

hello all

as some of you that have helped me in the past know i am upgrading my current parts to later parts (will include later in post)

i have a couple questions about upgrading custom PCs since this is my first upgrade (not first build)

1. i am replacing everything but the case and hard drives (GPU,CPU,PSU,Mobo,RAM). when upgrading do i simply swap out all parts and reboot my computer as if nothing happened?

2. since i am switching the mobo do i need to reinstall windows?

3. before i upgrade should i uninstall all my old drivers?

4. do i need to format my hard drives and lose all my data? or can that carry over like a memory card on a console would when you swap it from console to console?

This is my first upgrade so any help woud be appreciated.

Also, like i said above, here are the parts i will be upgrading/complete setup after upgrade:

-Thermaltake Kandalf full ATX tower case

-2 160gb seagate hdd's

-PNY NVIDIA 8800GTX OC 768mb

-OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply

-CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit

-ASUS P5E ATX Intel Motherboard

-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor

-ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink

thanks to those who respond

hello all

as some of you that have helped me in the past know i am upgrading my current parts to later parts (will include later in post)

i have a couple questions about upgrading custom PCs since this is my first upgrade (not first build)

1. i am replacing everything but the case and hard drives (GPU,CPU,PSU,Mobo,RAM). when upgrading do i simply swap out all parts and reboot my computer as if nothing happened?

your gana have to wipe hard drive and install everything again

2. since i am switching the mobo do i need to reinstall windows?

yes

3. before i upgrade should i uninstall all my old drivers?

you gana have to format hard drive

4. do i need to format my hard drives and lose all my data? or can that carry over like a memory card on a console would when you swap it from console to console?

if you have two hard drives copy all your documents, music or other important files to one disk thenformat the other to put the operating system on

This is my first upgrade so any help woud be appreciated.

Also, like i said above, here are the parts i will be upgrading/complete setup after upgrade:

-Thermaltake Kandalf full ATX tower case

-2 160gb seagate hdd's

-PNY NVIDIA 8800GTX OC 768mb

-OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply

-CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit

-ASUS P5E ATX Intel Motherboard

-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor

-ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink

Nice rig.

poopshanks

oh lame lol i was hoping i didnt have to format my drives.

heres another question:

one of my drives is partitioned into the C: drive for windows files and the other half to D: drive for game files. could i copy over the contents of the D: drive to my second drive (E:) since it has enough space and then just format the first drive to reinstall windows then after that is running simply hook up the second drive that now contains D: and E: and it will be recognized? lol sorry if its confusing