I just bought this computer and it got struck by lightning while i was away and it burned the motherboard and proccesr up so i just ordered a new one identical to it with everything the same so can i use this harddrive on my new computer as the main drive so it will start up and be pretty much the same computer as before or will i just have to put it in there and use it as a slave drive?
2006-08-11 15:39:16 · 7 answers · asked by steven 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Sure, if it was your main hard drive on your old computer then you can use it as your main hard drive on your new computer. It is exactly the same. Even if you get a new hard drive to be the main one, then just install everything on it, and use the old one as a second one and set it to slave. Same old, is same new. No difference.
2006-08-14 08:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by William P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends. You don't say what your operating system is.
Technically, there is seldom a problem with taking a hard drive from one machine and running it as the primary drive in another machine. But if you use that monopoly operating system (Windows), you are trapped. Legally, you can no longer do what used to be a very logical and common thing to do: move your OS to a new machine.
If you take your old hard drive and install it on your new computer (move your existing Windows XP installation to a new computer) that action breaks the Microsoft Corporation EULA (end user license agreement) and triggers registration requirements. Plus, these days, you are quite likely to be accused of having an illegal copy of Windows.
Want to avoid the hassles? Dump Microsoft. One way to do so is to go to http://pclinuxos.com and download a free ISO, burn it, and install Linux rather than Windows!
2006-08-11 22:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by widowmate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can swap hard drives, but if the make & model of motherboard is not exactly the same, you will need to reinstall the drivers for things that may not work, like sound, network, etc.
2006-08-11 22:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by drumrb0y 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, but why when you have new hard drive with newer software and you can use the old hard drive as a slave to store data information?
2006-08-11 22:52:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
go to a pc tech to let them install it. good luck.
2006-08-11 22:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by LouLou 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you can do this if you have the same exact harwares as b4..
2006-08-12 03:20:21 · answer #6 · answered by navin 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it`s your computer you can do it either way
2006-08-11 22:48:12 · answer #7 · answered by steamroller98439 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋