I ended up just re-installing the old MB and CPU and booting it up. Transferred all the files to the spare HDD, then installing the new MB and installing Windows from scratch.
Thanks for your help ex.
Ok I just saw that adapter, looks good. But is there a way I could transfer files from one HDD to another before installing Windows? Both HDDs have files on them...
Really? USB to SATA cable? So all I would have to do is power the HDD and connect the HDD to, lets say a laptop, and I could access all the files on it?
Went from an Intel MB and CPU to an AMD setup before realizing that wouldn't just be able to boot into my existing windows installation when I first plug everything in. From what I've seen on the forums I've decided to reinstall Windows 8 on the machine. The problem is that I need to recover...