My comp. has win xp now & I want new HD to have xp.
2006-09-26 04:42:55 · 12 answers · asked by charles r 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
A new hard drive comes blank. You have two choices:
1. You can install XP on the new hard drive using the original disks that came with your Gateway computer. If you do this, you'll have to reinstall any software you have added to your PC since you bought it.
2. You can buy software like Powerquest Drive Image or Norton Ghost which will allow you to transfer all the content of your current drive, including XP, to the new drive. By doing that, you will preserve all your current settings and programs. This is the best and easiest suggestion for someone getting a new hard drive.
2006-09-26 04:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by tonyend2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New HD's don't come with operating systems installed on them.
They can come with an installation disk that helps you set them up with your current OS but that is all.
You should be able to add a 2nd HDD on your computer. You can keep the original "C" drive exactly where it is now, & run XP from it, & use your new higher capacity HDD to store your files on.
If your comp is a desktop then there is probably room in there for a 2nd HDD. If you've never opened up a computer tower to install any peripheral devices before then I recommend that you take your computer to a computer store & have a tech add the 2nd HDD for you. It's usually a quick & simple job.
If you decide to tackle the job yourself there is probably some advice in your Gateway manual on how to do it. Plus there are plenty of websites on the internet that explain it as well.
2006-09-26 05:17:55 · answer #2 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your gateway probably has restore from hard disk option which will do you little good in this situation. You may be able to contact Gateway and buy the restore to factory CD's. A better option may be to clone your old hard drive to the new larger drive but you will need "ghost" or something similar to do so. Is there a reason why you can not just install the new drive as a slave and use both? That is usually the simplest thing to do.
2006-09-26 04:49:50 · answer #3 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, hard drives will only provide the software needed to install the HD. What I would do, is install the new, bigger hard drive as a secondary drive for the space and keep your original HD running winXP. THis way you wont need to back up, and reinstall everything.....
If your PC doesnt have an availbile free spot to add a second HD then you can install the new HD and use your PCs winXP that you paid forfrom Gateway. Just be sure that only one version of your windowsXP is on that or any other PC.
2006-09-26 04:49:31 · answer #4 · answered by Thumper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But! Most of the time your computer will have more than one HD slot, this allowing to add additional storage. Event if you don't have more than one slot, you can buy another bracket and make your own place! There is setup involved with this however. You have to make this a slave drive instead of the boot drive (very simple, not as hard as it sounds). Instructions on how todo this will be provided in the manual provided with the HD.
2006-09-26 04:47:52 · answer #5 · answered by programmer_by_grace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly you don't really need to put XP on another hard drive if you hook it up as a 2nd one. Just make sure your first hard drive is the bootable one and the 2nd one can be for storage or whatever. XP doesn't need to be on it in order to use it. Just make sure it's formatted properly or partitioned the way you want it to be.
2006-09-26 04:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your computer should have come with installation disks when you bought the system.
If not, I would recommend keeping the hard disk, and using the new HD as a secondary drive.
2006-09-26 04:46:36 · answer #7 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of agencies could make it clean in the previous you purchase the laptop in the event that they do no longer look to be going to offer you a disc. the undertaking is that earnings margins are ridiculously low on laptop's, so each enterprise is finding for training on a thank you to decrease corners. All you have paid for is a licence to apply a replica of residing house windows; and its been put in from a multi license. the enterprise has one disc and pays a value consistent with activated reproduction of XP. that is why you don't get a Microsoft disc. while your buddy offered her laptop she could have been given instructions on a thank you to make a restoration disc herself. Or there could be a back up on a partition on herpersistent, which she could use to get well her equipment. i've got in no way heard of having to return the laptop to have a ghosted image put in. that is ridiculous. yet its in all probability criminal, if unusual. that is properly worth your buddy phoning procuring and merchandising standards. they might a minimum of have a communicate with this enterprise approximately their coverage.
2016-10-18 00:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by hosford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You can migrate the old hard drive to the new one with the proper software tho. Maxtor drives come with the software to do this or at least they use to. I would advise you to have someone who knows what they are doin help you!
2006-09-26 04:44:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you will need to buy a xp disk
2006-09-26 04:45:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋