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I am getting a new barebone Computer. Including new motherboard, proc., mem, and case.I am getting the restof the stuff out of my existing computer. to include harddrives, video card, sound card, cdrw drive, and dvdr drive. the computer i have now is a Dell 8100. My question is can i swap the harddrive to the new PC without formating the harddrives. my computer is set the way i want it and dont want to have to redo it. so any help would bw great.

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No & yes.

Since you mention hard drives, I assume you have more than one. The hard disk that will be used for boot/OS duties will need to be reformatted, followed by a clean install of your OS. The other drives (?) can easily be ported over to the new system after the OS installation with all their data intact.
 
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