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Question

I recently replaced my cpu motherboard and ram

Apr 24, 2019 11:13PM PDT

Now it’s like I went back in time a few months in my games files background etc and I have no clue what to do

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Re: replaced CPU motherboard RAM.
Apr 25, 2019 12:03AM PDT

It's not really clear what "my games files background etc." are, not what "a few month back in time" is for those. Files, for example, don't change when you replace the motherboard, since they are safely stored on the hard disk.

Although it shouldn't change the appearance and looks and contents of anything, the functioning of Windows might need a fresh install. Did you do that?

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Apr 25, 2019 7:57AM PDT

A while back I tried to migrate windows to my new ssd (unsuccessfully) and my computer appears to have booted on a different drive so I tried switching the boot back to the HDd and that still won’t work

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Re: A
Apr 25, 2019 8:25AM PDT

Unclear what this has to do with the problem in your thread starter. And unclear how you can boot at all if the booting from the SSD doesn't work and booting from the HDD doesn't work either.

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I'm not surprised.
Apr 25, 2019 8:36AM PDT

Replacing those parts can result in a new install of Windows and you doing what you can to get your games and everything to essentially a new PC.

As to what to do, you do what you do when you get a new PC and have access to your old files.

Let me be clear. Microsoft has yet to address any method to move to a new PC and keep all your settings and files. They have left that up to us for decades.