swaping hd into new computer..

fabchef · 01-10-2007, 09:57 AM

Hi guys, just wondering...i have a pentium 3 ibm netvista. If i buy a another computer...ie:hp pentium4, can is there a way i can take out the hd of my p3 and safly get it working in the p4? i know windows xp is fussy about hd swaping.let me know.thanks
fabs

**speedster123** · 01-10-2007, 10:35 AM

Read this thread by Joe L
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...oot-drive.html

A-Nick4me · 01-10-2007, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fabchef

If i buy a another computer...ie:hp pentium4, can is there a way i can take out the hd of my p3 and safly get it working in the p4?
fabs

Yes there is...by doing a repair installation. Simply install the drive then insert your XP disk and do a repair.

**Doby** · 01-10-2007, 07:55 PM

Do you mean that you want the old drive as a slave?

**linderman** · 01-11-2007, 08:00 AM

do you need to recover any data on the drive ??? or are you jut lookign to make use of the drive for added back-up redundancy?

fabchef · 01-13-2007, 06:50 AM

LINDERMAN..yes i will need to recover data from the drive. What i want to do is take my current hard drive (with windows xp) and use it as the master hd on another machine....
thanks
fabs

**linderman** · 01-13-2007, 07:18 AM

you will need to do this

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XP...install.htm#RI

if the Operating system on the old boot drive is from a manufacturerd PC soemtimes this wont work, because the OS is lookign for manufactures code on the motherboard or bios ????? i guess just give it a whirl

you know its easy to add your old drive as a slave, then you can get your data copied to the new system. You dont have to boot from the old drive to do that!

or does the new system not have an OS and your hoping to salvage the OLD OS and get it to work on the newer machine ?????

often times this approach does not work, when win xp senses a major change in the hardware inventory (HAL= hardware abstract layer) it will trigger the need for re-activation; a call to Microsoft, which under some retail OS versions that may or may not grant you re-activation. If the old system was an OEM version they definetly will not grant you re-activation numbers.

if this is the case then buying a new copy of win xp will be your best route ? now that windows vista is on the market XP is very cheap on ebay @ around $80.00

01-10-2007, 09:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
fabchef Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 21 OS: windows xp pro sp/2	swaping hd into new computer.. Hi guys, just wondering...i have a pentium 3 ibm netvista. If i buy a another computer...ie:hp pentium4, can is there a way i can take out the hd of my p3 and safly get it working in the p4? i know windows xp is fussy about hd swaping.let me know.thanks fabs

01-10-2007, 10:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
speedster123 Mentor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: United States-New York-Long Island Posts: 5,142 OS: xp pro SP3 My System	Read this thread by Joe L http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...oot-drive.html __________________

01-10-2007, 07:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Doby Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central PA (USA) Posts: 8,057 OS: XP sp2/ Vista My System	Do you mean that you want the old drive as a slave? __________________ Would you like to help TSF fight cancer and other diseases??? JOIN TEAM TSF

01-11-2007, 08:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,406 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	do you need to recover any data on the drive ??? or are you jut lookign to make use of the drive for added back-up redundancy? __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

01-13-2007, 07:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,406 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	you will need to do this http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XP...install.htm#RI if the Operating system on the old boot drive is from a manufacturerd PC soemtimes this wont work, because the OS is lookign for manufactures code on the motherboard or bios ????? i guess just give it a whirl you know its easy to add your old drive as a slave, then you can get your data copied to the new system. You dont have to boot from the old drive to do that! or does the new system not have an OS and your hoping to salvage the OLD OS and get it to work on the newer machine ????? often times this approach does not work, when win xp senses a major change in the hardware inventory (HAL= hardware abstract layer) it will trigger the need for re-activation; a call to Microsoft, which under some retail OS versions that may or may not grant you re-activation. If the old system was an OEM version they definetly will not grant you re-activation numbers. if this is the case then buying a new copy of win xp will be your best route ? now that windows vista is on the market XP is very cheap on ebay @ around $80.00 __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 01-13-2007 at 07:22 AM.

01-13-2007, 06:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
fabchef Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 21 OS: windows xp pro sp/2	LINDERMAN..yes i will need to recover data from the drive. What i want to do is take my current hard drive (with windows xp) and use it as the master hd on another machine.... thanks fabs