Changing over HDD

penguinrusty

penguinrusty

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I'm selling my current computer, and I'm including a brand new hard drive with it. I still have my old one, with all my files, music, and settings on it. Can I just pop it into my new computer? It's gonna have a gigabyte mobo w/ A64 3200+
 
Usually if you put it in a new compuer it's always best to reload all the drivers. BUT if it's the EXACT same parts in the new computer I (guess) you could just stick it in.
 
Alright. Could I just save all of my music to a 4 gb DVD then? Would it work if I saved it in MP3 or data format? Also, I have a few games that I got off of limewire. Could I save those to DVD's too because they're too large to save to a CD-R? The only things that I really need off of this computer is my music and my games.
 
Your second option woyuld be best if your running windows XP. If you take your current harddrive and connect it to a different system, windows XP will detect it and will not boot because it thinks the HDD is stolen. (all a load of balls about privacy policies i guess). This is when windows XP really does get too smart for its own good.

The only way you would be able to get your data back after selling your current system would be to get a brand new HDD, install windows on it, boot from the new HDD, connect the old HDD as a slave and then copy the files over to it.
 
Your second option woyuld be best if your running windows XP. If you take your current harddrive and connect it to a different system, windows XP will detect it and will not boot because it thinks the HDD is stolen. (all a load of balls about privacy policies i guess). This is when windows XP really does get too smart for its own good.
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What? I've never had ANY OS not boot to a HDD because it "thought it was stolen". Peng, just connect the drive to another system as a slave and copy the stuff you want off the drive onto the master, OR just burn the stuff to disk, it will all work.
 
I was talking to someone else who tried to transplant a HDD from an old compy into a new one and said that Win XP displayed the blue screen of death and then went all wiggidy-wack. I'll probably just burn everything to a CD. Thanks!
 
I didn mean any OS, i mean win xp. It has a security feature where when it detects that main hardware has changed, it prevents from booting.
 
I didn mean any OS, i mean win xp. It has a security feature where when it detects that main hardware has changed, it prevents from booting.
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I just put a new HDD in my computer from another one and it boots fine. I've also been working on computers for more than 3 years, slaving, swapping, adding hardware, removing hardware, and whatnot, and have never seen anything like what you're describing on ANY OS, including XP Home and Pro.
 
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