crashed xp

[Guest alanrr]

hello, my computer crashed, so brougth a new laptop with vista. can I buy a

cheap harddrive and:

1. install it in the computer as the primary drive 'c' and disable the old

drive.

2. reinstall XP

3. install the old drive as secondary drive 'd'

4. copy all my programs, folders and files to my

???

thanks, alanrr

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: crashed xp

 

Are you an certified laptop technician? Unless you are you cannot

disassemble the laptop, remove and replace the hard drive, and reassemble it

without voiding your warranty. Besides, there may not be XP drivers for

your laptop.

 

Return the laptop for one that has XP or use the Vista that came on it.

 

Or, give us enough information to work with such as the make and exact model

of the computer and the configuration (memory, size of hard drive, etc).

 

"alanrr" <alanrr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> hello, my computer crashed, so brougth a new laptop with vista. can I buy

> a

> cheap harddrive and:

> 1. install it in the computer as the primary drive 'c' and disable the

> old

> drive.

> 2. reinstall XP

> 3. install the old drive as secondary drive 'd'

> 4. copy all my programs, folders and files to my

> ???

> thanks, alanrr

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: crashed xp

 

Why did the old machine crash? Was it also a laptop from the same

manufacturer? How do you know you can trust anything on the old HDD?

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alanrr wrote:

> hello, my computer crashed, so brougth a new laptop with vista. can I buy

> a

> cheap harddrive and:

> 1. install it in the computer as the primary drive 'c' and disable the

> old

> drive.

> 2. reinstall XP

> 3. install the old drive as secondary drive 'd'

> 4. copy all my programs, folders and files to my

> ???

> thanks, alanrr

[Guest PD43]

Re: crashed xp

 

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>Are you an certified laptop technician?

 

Maybe the OP was talking about the crashed computer.

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: crashed xp

 

I think he wants to install the hard drive from the crashed computer in the

new one. It is hard to follow.

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>

>>Are you an certified laptop technician?

>

> Maybe the OP was talking about the crashed computer.

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: crashed xp

 

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:09:00 -0700, alanrr

<alanrr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> hello, my computer crashed, so brougth a new laptop with vista. can I buy a

> cheap harddrive and:

> 1. install it in the computer as the primary drive 'c' and disable the old

> drive.

> 2. reinstall XP

> 3. install the old drive as secondary drive 'd'

> 4. copy all my programs, folders and files to my

> ???

 

 

I'm not entirely clear exactly what you're trying to do, but I'll

address question 4 in general.

 

You can copy data from one drive to another, but you can never do this

with programs. All programs, except for a rare tiny one, have many

registry entries and other references within Windows, as well as

supporting files they need within the Windows folder. The program

files themselves, without the copy of Windows they were installed

under, are useless, and will fail to run.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest alanrr]

Re: crashed xp

 

O.K., I have a Dell Dimension 8200 PC. Windows crashed and the computer is

not working. Can I install of new hard drive and unplug the old drive,

install Windows XP in the old computer as the C drive. Then install the old

drive as the D drive? Can I open my programs, folder and files?? If so, can

I my 2gb USB drive to copy the programs, folders and file into my USB drive

and plug the USB into my new laptop and download all programs, folders and

file into my laptop???

thanks again, alanrr

 

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:09:00 -0700, alanrr

> <alanrr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > hello, my computer crashed, so brougth a new laptop with vista. can I buy a

> > cheap harddrive and:

> > 1. install it in the computer as the primary drive 'c' and disable the old

> > drive.

> > 2. reinstall XP

> > 3. install the old drive as secondary drive 'd'

> > 4. copy all my programs, folders and files to my

> > ???

>

>

> I'm not entirely clear exactly what you're trying to do, but I'll

> address question 4 in general.

>

> You can copy data from one drive to another, but you can never do this

> with programs. All programs, except for a rare tiny one, have many

> registry entries and other references within Windows, as well as

> supporting files they need within the Windows folder. The program

> files themselves, without the copy of Windows they were installed

> under, are useless, and will fail to run.

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>

[Guest Bob I]

Re: crashed xp

 

No, the registry entries and common files need to be "rebuilt" by the

programs installer. Programs need to be installed on the NEW Windows XP

installation. Only the data files may typically be "just copied over".

 

alanrr wrote:

> O.K., I have a Dell Dimension 8200 PC. Windows crashed and the computer is

> not working. Can I install of new hard drive and unplug the old drive,

> install Windows XP in the old computer as the C drive. Then install the old

> drive as the D drive? Can I open my programs, folder and files?? If so, can

> I my 2gb USB drive to copy the programs, folders and file into my USB drive

> and plug the USB into my new laptop and download all programs, folders and

> file into my laptop???

> thanks again, alanrr

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

>

>

>>On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:09:00 -0700, alanrr

>><alanrr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>>

>>>hello, my computer crashed, so brougth a new laptop with vista. can I buy a

>>>cheap harddrive and:

>>>1. install it in the computer as the primary drive 'c' and disable the old

>>>drive.

>>>2. reinstall XP

>>>3. install the old drive as secondary drive 'd'

>>>4. copy all my programs, folders and files to my

>>>???

>>

>>

>>I'm not entirely clear exactly what you're trying to do, but I'll

>>address question 4 in general.

>>

>>You can copy data from one drive to another, but you can never do this

>>with programs. All programs, except for a rare tiny one, have many

>>registry entries and other references within Windows, as well as

>>supporting files they need within the Windows folder. The program

>>files themselves, without the copy of Windows they were installed

>>under, are useless, and will fail to run.

>>

>>--

>>Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

>>Please Reply to the Newsgroup

>>