I need to know whether it’s possible to move the system drive from an older server computer to a new server computer with completely different parts and specs without having to reinstall Windows or lose any programs or data.
If so, how would I go about doing this? I’m guessing new drivers would have to be installed, but how do I do this? Will i still be able to boot into windows server if incorrect drivers are currently installed? The OS is Windows Server 2012. Will the system automatically boot into a mode where it installs the necessary drivers automatically like it does in Windows 10 when you change the system parts? I can’t remember if it did this or not on earlier versions of windows.
I can’t find any great info online about doing this “dirty” transfer from server to server without having to install Windows from scratch on a new drive and then using a Windows shadow copy of the old drive to install on the new drive. I just want to transfer the entire drive over, nothing extra.
Thank you!
