Draco Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I'm salvaging pieces out of my old computer for my new one, as I mentioned. A man I work with might be interested in my old PC, minus the hard drive and video card because its 3.2GHz dual core processor would be a good upgrade for him over what he has. My old PC had XP on its drive, and his present PC has XP on it. If he were to install his hard drive in my PC, would he have to reformat the drive? I'm thinking yes, but I don't know for sure. The two processors are different sockets, so just swapping mine into his motherboard is out of the question. Besides, mine is already at 4Gb of memory. Quote
RandyL Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Hi Draco. If he were to install his hard drive in my PC, would he have to reformat the drive? Windows would need to be reinstalled as the original installation was tied to the original motherboard. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
KenB Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Another option ( and this only works with XP ) if he has the original installation CD ( not recovery disks ) he can put his hard drive in your machine and then use the CD to do a Repair Install of the OS. This keeps all files and data intact. Let us know if you want to go down this route. Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
RandyL Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 You are right Ken. There is a good chance that will work. Thanks for pointing that out. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
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