Hi there,
I've been given two old(ish) machines which I want to put together to make one half decent box.
The first machine is a P4 1.8Ghz Compaq with 20GB harddrive, 600Mhz Ram and Windows XP Pro. This would be my main machine.
My second machine is an eMachines (generic brand) P4 1.8Ghz with 125Mhz Ram, 40 GB hard drive and Windows XP Home. This will be the donor.
The donor machine has had lots of speed and relability issues that we haven't had on the Compaq, hence the reason it's the donor.
I want to add the 40GB HD to the Compaq as the slave (???), but is there anything I need to be aware of before a rip in out and move it? Will Home and Pro conflict or will I have to reinstall Pro totally?
I also want to take the CD-RW/DVD drive from the donor. Again, is there anything that I need to take into account (I'll retain the CD drive for the Compaq).
Any advice woul dbe greatly appreciated. This is my first (semi) build and I'm looking forward to doing it, but could use some advice before I ruin two perfectly good machines.
Leecou
I've been given two old(ish) machines which I want to put together to make one half decent box.
The first machine is a P4 1.8Ghz Compaq with 20GB harddrive, 600Mhz Ram and Windows XP Pro. This would be my main machine.
My second machine is an eMachines (generic brand) P4 1.8Ghz with 125Mhz Ram, 40 GB hard drive and Windows XP Home. This will be the donor.
The donor machine has had lots of speed and relability issues that we haven't had on the Compaq, hence the reason it's the donor.
I want to add the 40GB HD to the Compaq as the slave (???), but is there anything I need to be aware of before a rip in out and move it? Will Home and Pro conflict or will I have to reinstall Pro totally?
I also want to take the CD-RW/DVD drive from the donor. Again, is there anything that I need to take into account (I'll retain the CD drive for the Compaq).
Any advice woul dbe greatly appreciated. This is my first (semi) build and I'm looking forward to doing it, but could use some advice before I ruin two perfectly good machines.
Leecou
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