Transfer of old HDD to new PC

beafeater2001 · 01-05-2008, 11:38 AM

Hi Guys.

I am completely new to this game so please be patient with me.

I have recently purchased a new PC and have loaded it with Vista Home Premium.32 Bit (I tried the 64 but not enough support from others)

As I have several items that are not supported by Vista I would like to transfer my old HDD to the new PC complete with the XP OS to run as a second hard drive

The new PC has an ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard, an Intel Quad core CPU,A 500GB Sata HDD and 4GB of RAM.

The old HDD is not Sata but the MB has provision to fit it.

Can this be done leaving all the data on my old HDD and secondly can I run 2 HDDs with different OS's on them

**Deleted090308** · 01-05-2008, 12:02 PM

Hi, welcome to TSF.

Yes, you can do that. The easiest way is to change the boot order in BIOS, depending on what OS you want to run.

Or - you can set the "old" XP disc as #1 in boot priority - then edit the boot.ini file. There are other more complicated ways (of course).

But - XP might not want to boot because of the new hardware it lacks drivers for. Then you should perform an XP repair install: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

beafeater2001 · 01-05-2008, 02:02 PM

Cheers eneles. You have given me a bit to chew on for a while but I now know it can be done, thanks.

Terry

**Deleted090308** · 01-05-2008, 02:10 PM

Just ask for help (if you need it) when you install the "old" drive.

01-05-2008, 11:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
beafeater2001 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8 OS: both Xp and Vista	Transfer of old HDD to new PC Hi Guys. I am completely new to this game so please be patient with me. I have recently purchased a new PC and have loaded it with Vista Home Premium.32 Bit (I tried the 64 but not enough support from others) As I have several items that are not supported by Vista I would like to transfer my old HDD to the new PC complete with the XP OS to run as a second hard drive The new PC has an ASUS P5N-E SLI Motherboard, an Intel Quad core CPU,A 500GB Sata HDD and 4GB of RAM. The old HDD is not Sata but the MB has provision to fit it. Can this be done leaving all the data on my old HDD and secondly can I run 2 HDDs with different OS's on them Last edited by beafeater2001; 01-05-2008 at 11:43 AM.

01-05-2008, 12:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Transfer of old HDD to new PC Hi, welcome to TSF. Yes, you can do that. The easiest way is to change the boot order in BIOS, depending on what OS you want to run. Or - you can set the "old" XP disc as #1 in boot priority - then edit the boot.ini file. There are other more complicated ways (of course). But - XP might not want to boot because of the new hardware it lacks drivers for. Then you should perform an XP repair install: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

01-05-2008, 02:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
beafeater2001 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8 OS: both Xp and Vista	Re: Transfer of old HDD to new PC Cheers eneles. You have given me a bit to chew on for a while but I now know it can be done, thanks. Terry

01-05-2008, 02:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Transfer of old HDD to new PC Just ask for help (if you need it) when you install the "old" drive.