Shurman292 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 I'm building a desktop for my fiancee sometime in the next month. I'm going to use the SSD that is currently installed in her laptop (Plextor M3) as the main OS drive in the new desktop. I installed Win7 fresh onto the SSD when it was in her laptop, and I did all the recommended tweaks for SSD stability. It's been running in AHCI. Is it possible to just physically transfer the drive over, install the correct chipset/video drivers, and be on my way? Or will I have to do a fresh install? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Hey Shur - I don't see this as being much different than a motherboard swap without fresh OS install. Take same procedures and you should be fine. You'll probably have some extra drivers from the laptop; chipset, touchpad, bluetooth (maybe), wireless lan, gpu etc. Personally I'd uninstall those drivers before I removed the SSD from the laptop. Specifically if I were attempting this, before I pulled the SSD from the laptop I'd remove the following drivers and do a manual clean up of the registry; chipset, gpu, audio, usb 3.0 (if lappy has), ethernet, wireless, blue tooth (if lappy has), touchpad, 3rd party power management, sata/ide controller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurman292 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Hmm I was wondering if it might be similar. Thanks so much for the detailed feedback wevs! If I remember, I'll update this thread when I get around to making the swap to let others know what went well/badly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 My pleasure Shur. Good luck with the swap and if you get a chance let us know how it went. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 This will be invaluable in your quest to uninstall your old drivers: http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?23682-How-to-REALLY-show-hidden-devices-in-Device-Manager it was for me when I moved my Agility 3 from my old laptop to my new one!! Really made things smoother Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurman292 Posted February 4, 2013 Posted February 4, 2013 Very nice IVI, thank you for the guide! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Anytime, you lucked out that I just had to go through this with my laptop haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurman292 Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 I lucked out yes, but it was probably no fun for you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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