New Disk

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I don't know if this is the right Dis.Group or not but here goes.

I have a computer that the motherboard died on. I built a new one. my

question is can I take the hard drive from the system that died (AMD cpu,

with Compaq motherboard, 512MB memory) and put it in the new system (intel

duel core, with Asus MB, 2GB memory). The hard drive has xp home on it, and

is working ok. I've tryed swaping HD's before and it asked a question about

saving changes and I don't remember the answer. Can any help me.

Thank You

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Thomas G.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: New Disk

 

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:18:00 -0700, PC's Plus

<PCsPlus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I don't know if this is the right Dis.Group or not but here goes.

> I have a computer that the motherboard died on. I built a new one. my

> question is can I take the hard drive from the system that died (AMD cpu,

> with Compaq motherboard, 512MB memory) and put it in the new system (intel

> duel core, with Asus MB, 2GB memory).

 

 

Yes.

 

But if you are asking whether Windows will work if you do that, the

answer is no. Just swapping the drive to the new machine is not

sufficient unless the motherboards are identical.

 

Normally, a Repair installation, and then reactivation, is all you

need to do. It's a rare occurrence, but occasionally the differences

between the two motherboards are severe enough that a repair

installation doesn't work, and a complete clean installation is

required.

 

> The hard drive has xp home on it, and

> is working ok. I've tryed swaping HD's before and it asked a question about

> saving changes and I don't remember the answer. Can any help me.

> Thank You

> --

> Thomas G.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest witan]

Re: New Disk

 

On Oct 16, 5:18 am, PC's Plus <PCsP...@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote:

> I don't know if this is the right Dis.Group or not but here goes.

> I have a computer that the motherboard died on. I built a new one. my

> question is can I take the hard drive from the system that died (AMD cpu,

> with Compaq motherboard, 512MB memory) and put it in the new system (intel

> duel core, with Asus MB, 2GB memory). The hard drive has xp home on it, and

> is working ok. I've tryed swaping HD's before and it asked a question about

> saving changes and I don't remember the answer. Can any help me.

> Thank You

> --

> Thomas G.

 

I had a similar problem a few months ago, with one difference, that I

had Windows-XP Pro, SP2. Repair installation, as advised in your case

by Ken Blake, MVP worked okay -- i.e., I didn't have to reinstall all

auxiliary programs, like MS Office, anti-virus, etc. But, ALL ancient

and current UPDATES FOR WINDOWS-XP were required.

Also, the repair installation will work with a different motherboard

only if one has a retail version of XP.