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| Thread ID: 139682 | 2015-06-11 02:26:00 | Old HDD in new Motherboard? | Vicx (11114) | Press F1 |
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| 1402454 | 2015-06-11 02:26:00 | I've got an old Asus P5K-SE, just bought an Intel DH61BE off trademe (www.trademe.co.nz). I've currently got a XP/7 dualboot on this HDD. Can I simply swap it into this new motherboard without any problems? I asked the seller and they said it probably won't work because of different chipsets but said it's worth a try. What do you guys think? |
Vicx (11114) | ||
| 1402455 | 2015-06-11 02:38:00 | Soon find out connect it and see what happens | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1402456 | 2015-06-11 02:46:00 | Altho you'll need ram since the Intel doesnt have any. And the ASUS ram wont work on it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1402457 | 2015-06-11 02:47:00 | Yes still waiting on the RAM to arrive, I'll give it a go once it does, just thought I'd ask for advice here before volunteering as guinea pig. | Vicx (11114) | ||
| 1402458 | 2015-06-11 02:51:00 | But true as the seller said it may not work because of different chipsets. Sometimes it does work if both systems are Intel It would be different, if one was Intel and the new one was AMD. But if it crashes, you may have no option but to do a clean install |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1402459 | 2015-06-11 03:07:00 | www.paragon-software.com Fixes that sort of issue, on PC's & servers(yep, for backup/disk images, imaged back to a temp PC) You will still need to install new drivers & re-activate Windows . more info here, incl a link to download. It was a freebie in the past, I have the free version . www.sevenforums.com |
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| 1402460 | 2015-06-11 06:59:00 | The hard drive should work, even if you need an IDE to SATA adapter. Windows probably won't boot though, which is what the seller would have meant by different chipsets. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1402461 | 2015-06-16 04:50:00 | You can often boot in safe mode and uninstall the old motherboard drivers, then reboot and install the new ones. Even if you do get a crash\BSOD it is probably fixable. But I personally would take it as a good excuse to get a fresh install of Windows anyway. |
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