Upgrade your setup with an old Hardrives PC.
Upgrade your setup with an old Hardrives PC.
Hey everyone, I'm currently updating my PC by replacing the motherboard and CPU. I'm mainly worried about the old hard drives. Since I'm switching from an Intel system to an AMD one, I thought it would be best to completely erase my SSDs and install Windows fresh. My main concern is whether the new storage will accept the data without needing a full format or reformatting. I've formatted them as NTFS, but I'm not sure if an OS like macOS can read them. My plan is to shut down the old machine, swap in the new components, and install Windows. I'll move most of the files onto two of the three drives and connect them to my Mac via a USB enclosure. If the data shows up, I'll try linking the remaining drive to my Mac to transfer it over the network. I'm hoping someone has done this before, since most advice seems focused on boot devices rather than storage drives. Let me know if you have any experience with this setup. Thanks in advance!
They function smoothly together on different machines, provided RAID is turned off. External storage devices connect well across systems, and solid-state drives operate without issues between drives.
I changed a single HDD from one computer to another different one. There was no RAID setup and the new PC recognized the drive automatically without any adjustments. I powered off both machines beforehand, though. It should work fine, I think.