Hi, hope someone can help. I recently purchased a new computer. HP Pavilion/AMD 64 Athlon X 2/ 3800+ processor/ 1 gig ram/ DVD/CD Writer/ Windows XP Media Center/ 250 GB Hard Drive.
The problem is, my old computers motherboard and power supply failed and I've got my old HD and all of my mp3s (48 gbs) on it. I opened up the case and noticed the new computer HD isn't connected with the typical 'ribbon' connection, but by a much smaller (1/3 the size) connector. I found an open 'ribbon slot' on the motherboard of the new computer and tried installing my old HD using that. I then re-booted my computer and I think it started up reading the older HD as the main drive. It started the same as my old computer did, only before completely booting, it prompted me to register the OS (XP) and put in the registration number/key. Should I or can I just use the registration number/key that came with my old computer? Am I going about it wrong? Is there a different way to transfer all of my music? Is there an easier way? I don't want to spend a lot of money either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
The problem is, my old computers motherboard and power supply failed and I've got my old HD and all of my mp3s (48 gbs) on it. I opened up the case and noticed the new computer HD isn't connected with the typical 'ribbon' connection, but by a much smaller (1/3 the size) connector. I found an open 'ribbon slot' on the motherboard of the new computer and tried installing my old HD using that. I then re-booted my computer and I think it started up reading the older HD as the main drive. It started the same as my old computer did, only before completely booting, it prompted me to register the OS (XP) and put in the registration number/key. Should I or can I just use the registration number/key that came with my old computer? Am I going about it wrong? Is there a different way to transfer all of my music? Is there an easier way? I don't want to spend a lot of money either. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.