Moving Windows 7 from Haswell to Ryzen processors
Moving Windows 7 from Haswell to Ryzen processors
I experienced a power surge that destroyed my i7 4770 and Z87 motherboard. I’m trying to connect my old Windows 7 SSD to a new Ryzen system and want it to start up. I’m less concerned about Windows shutting down automatically since I’ll get free Windows 10 through school, but I need to access files from the SSD. Have anyone else installed Windows 7 on another machine and moved the boot drive to a Ryzen without problems?
Booting should work fine, but for optimal performance you might need to reinstall the system. After changing from AMD to AMD and upgrading from an A8-7650k to a Ryzen 1600, even with all drivers installed, it still displayed the CPU as 4 cores/4 threads. Benchmarking showed only 4 cores being utilized, which I could confirm by checking the task manager. I tried several methods suggested on the internet, but none resolved the issue, so a fresh installation was necessary to get proper core and thread readings.
Sure, it's okay if that's the case. I just need to remove some files from the drive and create a bootable Windows 10 installer since I don't have other Windows PCs. The Windows 10 USB creation tool works only on Windows, so I can't use software on Lubuntu to make a bootable drive. I've also noticed issues with cores/threads when switching from an i5 to an i7 and rebooting, which resolved the problem. Should I use USB drivers or a PS2 keyboard for installation? Or should I copy the OS drive to a Ryzen processor?
Perfect choice you made. A fresh setup with no problems and all files safely stored.
When I had to move an OS to a new platform, I literally just built the new PC, booted to the tool, ran it, and then booted to the prepared windows 7 on the new platform. There's a chance it'll just work on the new build, but it'll most likely instant BSOD There are guides online to do this process manually using sysprep