Is a format needed?

Altair

Altair

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As I will soon be upgrading my system my question is that do i need to format my system or will have to just upgrade the Drivers of the new Motherboard etc?
I am just upgrading the Motherboard and CPU.
My current OS is Windows 7 Ultimate.
 
Re: Is a format need?

Uninstall the old motherboard drivers and then disassemble stuff, will make things go a bit more smoothly and assure that theres no driver conflict
 
Re: Is a format need?

Activation is not a problem.

Ok as there is no prob. i'll upgrade soon anyways i'll still backup the data. Thanks :)
 
Re: Is a format need?

as soon as u change your mobo u need to format and reinstall... else all the drivers and stuffs get messy...
 
Re: Is a format need?

deep16 said:
as soon as u change your mobo u need to format and reinstall... else all the drivers and stuffs get messy...
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is not like that ,you can just upgrade your hardware and install the new drivers, it is also advisable to uninstall the previous drivers
 
Re: Is a format need?

deep16 said:
as soon as u change your mobo u need to format and reinstall... else all the drivers and stuffs get messy...
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Not really needed, just make sure there should not be any conflict.. to avoid it, simply uninstall the old ones and install the drivers after putting the new mobo
 
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I seriously dont want to format my system. Again reinstall everything. Consumes a lot of time. I'll first uninstall all the drivers etc. and then disassemble everything.
 
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^Yup shouldn't be a problem :P I changed my mobo from a nforce 3 chipset to one based on 880g recently with no issues and without a reinstall. And a friend has been using his windows install for over 5-6 years over 2-3 generations of intel platforms :lol:
 
Re: Is a format need?

bottle said:
^Yup shouldn't be a problem :P I changed my mobo from a nforce 3 chipset to one based on 880g recently with no issues and without a reinstall. And a friend has been using his windows install for over 5-6 years over 2-3 generations of intel platforms :lol:
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that must be a record, i suppose a world record.

@OP, what platform are you upgrading?
 
Re: Is a format need?

Try the only driver update procedure. If you really hit bottle necks -- of course full format can be done.
 
I will be Upgrading to i5 or i7 very soon. I have'nt thought about the mobo. I have to open a thread for that too. thank you for reminding bro.
 
Personally I'd still format. Windows Doesn't do a good job of cleaning Old Drivers & reg keys related to it. So even if after the upgrade to the new Hardware, there will most like be leftovers of these drivers, that can cause conflicts & lower performance. The format should be well worth it.

BTW what is it that your so worried you'll loose when you format?
 
I said upgrade to i5 or i7 not i5 to i7.

@aasimenator-I just dont want to format coz i need to install all applications etc etc and 2-3 games are installed in windows drive(by mistake)

All this consumes time.I really dont want to get into the hassle of doing all of it again and its this only time that i have not formatted my system for more than 6 months. :P
 
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