Guest HDI Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Hi, I've got an old windows xp pc and a new windows xp pc. Is it possible to insert the harddisk of the old one in the new one as slave without reinstalling the old one and don't lose the programs (I haven't got the cd's of the program so I can't reinstall it). What I want is when the pc starts up that I got a menu to choose one of the two hardisks. Can I just plug in the old harddisk in the new pc and would it work? Thx
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Old harddisk with programs in new one "HDI" <hdinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ae91fd48-b772-420e-9505-786c20d03f92@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I've got an old windows xp pc and a new windows xp pc. > > Is it possible to insert the harddisk of the old one in the new one as > slave without reinstalling the old one and don't lose the programs (I > haven't got the cd's of the program so I can't reinstall it). > > What I want is when the pc starts up that I got a menu to choose one > of the two hardisks. > > Can I just plug in the old harddisk in the new pc and would it work? > > Thx No, it won't work. Your Windows installation is tightly linked with the hardware of your PC. If you port your hard disk to a different PC and try to boot off the ported disk then Windows will most likely crash.
Guest sgopus Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 RE: Old harddisk with programs in new one Nor can you install the old hd as a slave and run the software off it, the software has to be installed in the currently running Operating system. "HDI" wrote: > Hi, > > I've got an old windows xp pc and a new windows xp pc. > > Is it possible to insert the harddisk of the old one in the new one as > slave without reinstalling the old one and don't lose the programs (I > haven't got the cd's of the program so I can't reinstall it). > > What I want is when the pc starts up that I got a menu to choose one > of the two hardisks. > > Can I just plug in the old harddisk in the new pc and would it work? > > Thx >
Guest HDI Posted September 26, 2008 Posted September 26, 2008 Re: Old harddisk with programs in new one On 15 sep, 01:01, sgopus <sgo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Nor can you install the old hd as a slave and run the software off it, the > software has to be installed in the currently running Operating system. > > > > "HDI" wrote: > > Hi, > > > I've got an old windows xp pc and a new windows xp pc. > > > Is it possible to insert the harddisk of the old one in the new one as > > slave without reinstalling the old one and don't lose the programs (I > > haven't got the cd's of the program so I can't reinstall it). > > > What I want is when the pc starts up that I got a menu to choose one > > of the two hardisks. > > > Can I just plug in the old harddisk in the new pc and would it work? > > > Thx- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven - > > - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven - ok thanks
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