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| Thread ID: 58450 | 2005-06-01 05:03:00 | New PC vs old h/drive install?!? | vandaman (2312) | Press F1 |
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| 360179 | 2005-06-01 05:03:00 | Gidday, This is a long story so I'll cut to the chase! I have a 120GB H/Drive that has XP Pro & eveything I want set up already on it. I now have a new PC. I want to take out the 40GB H/Drive that came with the new PC & put in the 120GB & run as before (without having to re-install all programs etc. again). Physically possible yes but is this possible? Any help appreciated. Vandaman. |
vandaman (2312) | ||
| 360180 | 2005-06-01 05:57:00 | Welcome to Press F1 You will run into problems due to windows not having the right motherboard drivers. Windows may not even boot. |
4bes (2848) | ||
| 360181 | 2005-06-01 06:08:00 | It can be done if you have your XP install CD, and then you will also need the motherboard CD: www.brienposey.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 360182 | 2005-06-01 06:15:00 | And seeing as how you managed to get a new comp with a 40gb HD I would assume its a supermarket special, So i will also assume that the Mobo and all other drivers are locked in the recovery cd? | Metla (12) | ||
| 360183 | 2005-06-01 08:07:00 | Personally I would do a clean new install. You can still retain your data though. | pctek (84) | ||
| 360184 | 2005-06-04 03:20:00 | Hi all, Thanks for your replies. In short - no joy. I backup all my data first, to be safe, then tried the method given in the link by Terry. I used a recovery disc I had for this new PC (this is an IBM Thinkcentre). Unfortunatley they have changed the recovery method from that described in the article. There was no detecting of the current O/S with options to repair - just a straight out re-install to factory conditions. Soooooooo that's what I did and had to load all my programs again then recover my data (and network mappings blah de blah de blah...). What a pain in the butt! cheers, Vandaman |
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