Question: Hi everyone, I have an old XPS 8100 which I changed approximately upgraded most of it over years and now it is the time to upgrade the motherboard and the CPU. The current processor is i7-860 with the default motherboard of this model. I have done the following changes through the years:
Changed the default PSU of 350 W into GAMEMAX ATX PSU GM-500G (500W)Changed the default GPU of GTS 240 into GTX 1070.I added one 960G SSD. (my board only supports SATA II connections).Now I am thinking to upgrade to AMD Ryzen 9 3900x after reading the reviews, checking the price value etc. With this upgrade, I will need to change the motherboards and rams.
The question part: I have 1 T coming with the original dell XPS 8100 model. I am using them for storing my data and moved my operating systems into the new SSD. However, I would like to keep using these two disks without loosing their data. How can I transfer these two disks and connect them with the new motherboard? should I select a specific motherboard model? I am not sure if this is a software raid or a hardware raid. You help and guidance is really appreciated. Thanks.
Answer:
How can I transfer these two disks and connect them with the new motherboard?
You’re moving from Intel core 1st gen to Ryzen. With motherboard change OS must be reinstalled.
If this is hardware RAID, then RAID setup is specific to your old motherboard. It can not be directly transferred to a new system.
Create image of the system on backup storage (backup drive necessary),
install OS on new system (new OS drive necessary),
move old drives to new system,
set up raid on new system for old drives,
restore backup to drives (restored OS can not be used).
If you did raid setup yourself, then you must know, how you created it and, if it is hardware or software raid.
Anyway – show screenshot from Disk Management.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)