Hi, i am about to build a computer. In my old computer i just put in a seagate 160gb 7200 rpm ultra ata drive and then installed windows by recovery discs. If i put that drive in the new system would it be genuine, also would it work? And what application do you run before taking drive out to erase all drivers.
2006-10-22 12:55:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Basically wha tyou'e doing is replacing the motherboard. Before you do, go into windows and into the device driver and remove any and all devices which are on the mother board. Shut down.
Move the hard drive to the new machine.
Boot up. Windows will find and install any and all hardware on the new motherboard as "Found New Hardware". It will need the Setup CD and may need to be rebooted several times. This is the best way of accomplishing this move.
2006-10-22 13:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Windows license agreement states it may be installed on one machine only, the license key must be physically attached to the casing of the machine it is installed on and remain with that machine.
Not only is moving the hard disk from that machine to the new one a breech of the license agreement it's also going to be an absolute nightmare with the drivers, if it works at all. That sort of thing used to work with Windows 98 etc but Microsoft got wise to that. You have a limited number of hardware changes before re-activation is required.
Be prepared for a long night of rebooting with a final blue screen of pain.
An additional comment for the second answer -
**Read the Microsoft License Agreement, you're in for a shock**
2006-10-22 12:58:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will work.
The driver will automatically/manually need to be installed on the new computer you will be putting the disc into. Really you should install your windows on that PC, so to reduce the chances of corruption.. you dont really need to uninstall the older drivers for the other PC..
But yes, this will still be a genuine copy of windows. Windows work on the Product Key, and Microsoft requires that there is only onen Key in use at any one time. So in theory, you could install one copy of windows on thousands of machine with the same product key, but only one can be used at one given time
2006-10-22 12:59:54 · answer #3 · answered by cktan86 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋