i'm buying a new motherboard and a processor for my old harddrive. i'm gonna buy a celeron d processor n a new m/b.. i'm not sure if the old harddrive will recognize the new motherboard and I dunno if i'll get to access all my old stuff again as before.. i've a windows xp on the old hdd by the way..
2006-08-11 07:00:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
This job can be quote a chore. One of the problems is that windows xp records your system configuration and will make you reactivate your windows XP if it see such a major change. Another is that the windows installation on the hdd is customized to the original system hardware. You can do a windows system repair, but this can be troublesome. Your cleanest solution is to backup all your personal files and do a new clean XP install and then reinstall all your programs and personal files.
2006-08-11 07:11:41 · answer #1 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opnly problem you might come accorss is if the PC is an HP. HP usuallyhas its own recovery CDs. So, when you make a change to the original PC (like adding RAM or Changing a Hard Drive, or Mother Board) the Operating Syatem will not recognize the original Hardware Configuration Settings on the New and Improved PC, so it may not run and you may need an OEM Operating Syatem (Like XP from Walmart). Then again, the only way to be sure is to give it a GO and find out because I hear that HP hardwires their original PC hardware configuration into their Motherboard, so by replacing it, there might not be a problem.
2006-08-11 07:12:38 · answer #2 · answered by cbg_mx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The XP will find the hard drive and configure it to work...not to worry...the hard drives have changed little. If it is an old hard drive, make sure the Mother board has an IDE plug for the harddrive cable. Made sure the "red" marking on the harddrive cable is where it should be (Usually on the extreme right as you look at the HD from the back when you plug in the IDE control cable. good luck.
2006-08-11 07:26:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
usual, your working gadget would be positive. this is, you will nonetheless have XP and you will nonetheless have the working courses and the non-public archives you have saved up. What you may ought to handle are the recent factors that contain the recent motherboard. assume XP to prompt you that it somewhat is got here upon new hardware and could decide on the drivers for them. in case you have drivers for those factors, then each and every thing would desire to be positive interior of an hour or 2. If no longer, you may ought to get the drivers from another source, positioned them on CD for occasion, and then installation the hardware that way. with a bit of luck the ethernet card (which permits cyber web onto your pc) installs ok so as which you will acquire drivers that way.
2016-09-29 04:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by kroner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hard drive doesn't recognize anything.
Buy any motherboard you want (it detects the harddrive not the other way around) Just make sure you have ATA slots on it, most motherboards do. (it's also called pATA) the dude at the computer store will know what you are talking about.
2006-08-11 07:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by Dragosh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your new mother board should recognize and boot from your old hard drive. If the motherboard comes with a driver CD, once you have booted you will want to run it to update all the drivers for the new board. But you should be able to boot the old drive on the new board.
2006-08-11 07:07:05 · answer #6 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hard drive does not recognize the mother board. It works the other way around. should be no problem as long as the new board has the same interface for the hdd as the old one.
2006-08-11 07:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think u'll be fine...but man if u gonna get a new motherboard and all why get celeron??? they are soo wack.... at least a pentium 4 or something. and yeah u'll get ur old stuff back
2006-08-11 07:04:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it worked for me. i went from athlon xp to another athlon xp (replaced cpu and motherboard) w/o any problems using same hd with all the contents still there.
2006-08-11 07:51:06 · answer #9 · answered by Dr. Luckii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just make sure that the Interface your hard drive has (ATA or SATA)
is supported by your motherboard and mostly motherboards supports both of them
and your drive will surely work .
2006-08-11 07:07:49 · answer #10 · answered by Manjeet Virk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋