Move old drive to new build?

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I built a new pc and I'm running MS windows xp pro.

I have an old pc running MS windows xp home edition. Can I take a
drive out of that old pc and plug it into the new pc? Would the
different windows versions cause a problem?

Thanks
 
I built a new pc and I'm running MS windows xp pro.

I have an old pc running MS windows xp home edition. Can I take a
drive out of that old pc and plug it into the new pc? Would the
different windows versions cause a problem?

Thanks
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Are you talking about making a dual boot system with it? If so, you'll
likely need to do a repair install, and you'll probably have to
reactivate it. Are you just wanting to use the drive as a storage drive
and access the data on it, not boot from it or run the programs on it?
If the latter, just install it.

Ari

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I built a new pc and I'm running MS windows xp pro.
I have an old pc running MS windows xp home edition. Can I take a
drive out of that old pc and plug it into the new pc? Would the
different windows versions cause a problem?
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You can plug the drive in with Windows XP Home.
However, Windows normally gets confused when the motherboard has
changed and a repair installation can usually solve it. You
will need the original CD to do that.

"XP/2000 has problems when changing motherboards.
What you have to do is: Boot from the XP CD, skip past the screen that asks
if you want to 'repair using recovery console.' The next screen or perhaps
the one following should ask whether you want to do a 'repair install' or a
'clean install.' Choose 'repair.' It may ask for the product 'key,' the 25
alpha-numeric characters you entered with your first install. "
 
You just want data off the thing? Slave it to the new drive, and
you'll be able to copy your data off easily. Then remove it
unless it is big enough to reformat as a D-drive to use for
storage. You'll need to jumper it as a slave drive.

johns
 
nobody mentioned the 'activation problem your going to have....and drivers,
its not the best thing to do. A repair install of XP can correct many
problems, however its not a 100% guarantee.
 
JAD said:
nobody mentioned the 'activation problem your going to have
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Your optometrist oppointment was scheduled for just before 16/12/05 at
3:24am (GMT+8).
....and drivers,
its not the best thing to do. A repair install of XP can correct many
problems, however its not a 100% guarantee.
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spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/
 
I built a new pc and I'm running MS windows xp pro.

I have an old pc running MS windows xp home edition. Can I take a
drive out of that old pc and plug it into the new pc?
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As a secondary drive (e.g. D:), Yes. Don't try to reboot from it. Assuming
you don't care about the OS itself, you can still use the drive, however,
applications installed on it will need to be reinstalled to work with XP
Pro. You can install them on top of the old locations on D:
Would the
different windows versions cause a problem?
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No. XP Pro reads and writes NTFS and FAT32, so it won't matter.

Brad
 
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