Hard drive transfer

mrbagrat · 01-06-2007, 03:17 AM

When I build my new comp I won't have the OS until vista comes out. Can I just remove the drive from the old comp to the new comp? It has windows 2000 installed on it.

joeswm8 · 01-06-2007, 03:44 AM

i heard that you cant because windows wont recognize the motherboard and its BIOS, its like the way they know its not being installed illegally.

But i am not entirely sure.

PC eye · 01-06-2007, 03:46 AM

You can easily move drives around. Running Windows without a good reinstall of 2000 with the drivers/softwares if any for the new board would be a different matter. There you may run into some small problems. But 2000 isn't quite as hardware glued as XP. The Vista installer will obviously auto remove the 2000 installation later.

01-06-2007, 03:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
mrbagrat banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: See above Posts: 1,237	Hard drive transfer When I build my new comp I won't have the OS until vista comes out. Can I just remove the drive from the old comp to the new comp? It has windows 2000 installed on it.

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01-06-2007, 03:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	You can easily move drives around. Running Windows without a good reinstall of 2000 with the drivers/softwares if any for the new board would be a different matter. There you may run into some small problems. But 2000 isn't quite as hardware glued as XP. The Vista installer will obviously auto remove the 2000 installation later.