Re: Transfer HDD to a new computer
- From: Paul <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:45:06 -0400
BH2 wrote:
Hi Guys,
advice please, I am running windows XP, intend to transfer my hard drive to another computer I am going to build, If I use this drive as the new C drive will it boot up ok, or will I need to reinstal windows Xp. A couple of questions please, will windows XP allow me to instal the same register version of XP on a new computer? Also would it be better to use a software probram and transfer the contents of the existing drive to the new drive in the new computer. Ok, if the later is the better option, what would be the best program to do it with ?
Thanks guys for your advice
Regards
Bob
A repair install is one option. If the new motherboard has some driver
requirement for the disk, you'd install that by pressing F6 when prompted,
then offering drivers on a floppy diskette. The basic procedure is
described here.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
A repair install allows you to keep your programs and settings. But for
safety sake, make a backup anyway. My procedure before doing the
repair install, is to clone the old boot disk, to a new drive. Then I
have two copies of the same info. If I run into trouble during the
repair install, I still have my disk with all the files on it.
I use an old copy of Partition Magic for the cloning, but there
are probably other better solutions out there. Even the disk manufacturers
offers utilities on their web sites.
Paul
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