I want to remove my hard drive from my old computer that has all my operating system and files on it to a completely different one that doest have a hard drive. Is it possible or will I be getting some sort of hardware error.
2007-02-06 07:32:30 · 4 answers · asked by Johnny 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
usually there will be problems unless the other machine has the same motherboard and processor .... in some cases the bios of one machine will define the hardrive differently than another and the drive will be completely unreadable even as a slave unless the drive parameters are manually entered into the recieving machine to match what the donor machines specs were ... in other words ... u can try it ... but dont expect it to work right if at all ...
2007-02-06 07:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do it, but you will have to reload Windows since all of the hardware is different. It probably won't even boot. You can do a Windows XP repair install...it actually works pretty well most of the time. Just make sure you have all of your data backed up just in case something goes wrong.
2007-02-06 15:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by hllywood72 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you can do that and maybe you can not. It depends on the types of ports and drivers you have on the old system and the new system. Check the documentation (if you have any). As a last resort, you can call one of the computer services in your local area although they will probably charge you a fee.
2007-02-06 15:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by Denise T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can but it won't be able to boot windows since all your hardware is different. You will have to re-install windows on it.
2007-02-06 15:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by Venom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋