I took the HD from another computer and added it to my current one through an external connection. This worked well, but it only migrates info between the 2 drives that isn't password protected. The external drive has Windows XP Home on it, my pc has XP Pro. I can migrate to an extent, but the external drive was password protected, the internal is not. There seems to be no way I can get the password page to come up so I can access my files on the external while using the internal Pro... If I boot from the external, it would seem that I can then enter the password and get my stuff out. Help would be appreciated.
2007-06-21 02:14:54 · 2 answers · asked by ibbibud 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Karz: If what you say is true, then you are saying my stuff is lost, correct? In that case, can I remove the XP Home from the External drive and then use it for data storage?
2007-06-21 03:57:41 · update #1
Check if your bios allows boot from the external connection... probably only there for USB disks.
If it's there, set it to boot from external.
Alternatively, why not put the disk into your case in place of the original (and make the original a slave on the bus)... then you can boot from the was-external disk.
2007-06-21 02:19:48 · answer #1 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even if you make the external drive as your first boot device (in BIOS), you can not boot from it. Its Win XP Home was installed while connected to a different motherboard. Microsoft made it sure that you can not just do that easily.
2007-06-21 02:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋